Dave Smith > wrote in
:

>>> That's a good question. I have never heard of it. There is
>>> Montreal Smoked Meat, which is a very good corned beef/
>>> pastrami that originated in a couple of very well known
>>> Montreal delis. Maybe it is like Canadian bacon, a product
>>> apparently named for something we eat here, but unknown
>>> in Canada by that name.
>>
>> Do you have anything called "American"?
>
> American Bacon? American smoked meat?

American butter tarts, American bars, poutine.

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