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Default Pork loin as "bacon"

In article >, says...
>
> On 11/09/2014 05:01 pm,
wrote:
> > On Thursday, September 11, 2014 11:48:22 AM UTC-4, Janet wrote:
> >> In article >,
> >>
says...
> >>
> >>> seeing that and having recently had a discussion of British bacon
> >>> (unsmoked) versus American bacon (smoked, a.k.a. British streaky bacon),
> >>> I thought, "Well, it's not pork belly, but it does have a nice fat
> >>>
> >>
> >> If I could just correct your error re British bacon;
> >>
> >> We can buy streaky bacon smoked and unsmoked. We can also buy back
> >> bacon, smoked and unsmoked. Smoked and unsmoked are equally available
> >> regardless of cut.
> >>

>
> ... and Bacon Lardons usually smoked
>
>
> >> Unsmoked bacon is salt-cured.
> >>
> >>
http://www.donaldrussell.com/unsmoked-back-bacon.html
> >>
> >> Janet UK

> >
> > Ah, thanks! I'll get it all sorted out one of these days :-)
> > This was useful too: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Back_bacon
> >

>
> There's no such thing as "American" or Canadian" Bacon it's just English
> Bacon!


Not here in Scotland. I eat Scottish bacon.

Janet UK