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Quick question what makes Canadian bacon..... Canadian?
Quote from: Charbelchers rage on July 02, 2013, 03:33:02 AM
Quick question what makes Canadian bacon..... Canadian?
What you have been calling Canadian bacon isn't REAL Canadian bacon. American "Canadian bacon" is usually round, smoked, processed, pre-sliced and ready to eat after a brief warm-up in a saute pan.
No wonder Americans are confused when it comes to Canadian bacon: The authentic version, Canadian peameal bacon, no longer uses peameal. (Franka Bruns, Post-Gazette/Food styling by Marlene Parrish)
But Canadian Canadian bacon is entirely different. It's nothing like the stripy strips of our American breakfast bacon. Real Canadian bacon is a roast -- a closely trimmed, pickle-brined piece of muscle that comes from the hog's back.
It looks like the eye of a pork chop -- very lean with no marbling. It has only a 1/8-inch-thick layer of fat on one side. And it is rolled in golden cornmeal and sold uncooked.
Hang in there, because other semantic tricks lie ahead.
Us Canadians call it by a different name, too. Canadian bacon sold in Canada is known as peameal bacon (or back bacon). The peameal comes from the dried yellow peas that originally were ground into meal and packed around the meat to preserve it. When cornmeal became more plentiful and practical, processors switched over. But the peameal name stuck.
The biggest difference between American Canadian bacon and Canadian Canadian bacon is a matter of smoking. Both bacons are cured, but the American kind also is smoked, which gives it a flavor closer to what we normally call ham.
The unsmoked Canadian meat has a light, salty flavor but without the smokiness, so it ends up tasting more like fresh ham.
Happy Canada day, my friends north o' the border!
You know why Canada and America poke run at each other all the time? Because that's what brothers do. Sure, we tease you a lot, but we love ya, and you know we do ;)
Grudging respect yeah it's all fun and games
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Chuckles yeah I can't combat that.... What about a Canadian strip club?
Bacon is everything good and that encyclopedic trip through Canadian bacon brought a happy tear to this gourmand's eye.
Quote from: Charbelchers rage on July 02, 2013, 10:56:22 PM
Chuckles yeah I can't combat that.... What about a Canadian strip club?
What about Canadian strip clubs ? Throw loonies at the b**ch haha
Mmmm Bacon =]
Bacon on poutine
Harvey's poutine with swiss chalet sauce mixed with the gravy. Mm,m,m
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