Dave Smith wrote:

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>>What is peameal bacon?
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> It is a brined pork loin rolled in peameal, what many people think of as
> Canadian bacon.
> It is good stuff.
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Actually there is American Canadian bacon and there is peameal bacon.
Two different things. They differ in texture. Canadian bacon is more
like thin sliced ham like texture with no peameal coating and usually
round. Peameal is thicker slices, the texture is grainer, and the
outside is coated with cornmeal. Here's a link to explain it in greater
detail.
http://www.canadianbacon.com/

BTW, American Canadian Bacon is not what most Canadians consider
Canadian Bacon and you would be hard pressed to find peameal bacon
outside of Canada much to the dismay of travelling Canadians.