Canadian Bacon... Could you please enlighten me?

Question

Seriously, I am Canadian and I have no idea what people mean when they say Canadian Bacon.

Answer 1

Hey Canadian - Only Americans refer to something called "Canadian Bacon".

It is actually what we call the peameal-coated "back bacon".

We call the side bacon in a package "bacon".

Answer 2

Canadian bacon is cut from the lean loin of the pig. It is trimmed so the fat is only about 1/8" thick and cured in a sweet brine and rolled in corn meal before smoking. It's more meat, more sweet, less salt, less fat than regular bacon.

Answer 3

I like pizza with Canadian bacon on it. It just looks like thin little slices of ham, about the size of pepperoni. I've never seen Canadian bacon anywhere except on pizza. (I'm from the US.)

Answer 4

It’s made from main muscle boneless pork loins, short cut from the leaner portion of the loin to give a more uniform product. External fat is trimmed to within 1⁄8 inch. It is then sweet pickle cured and rolled in the traditional golden cornmeal coating, giving it the REAL Canadian bacon trademark.

Answer 5

canadian bacon is THE BEST
bacon is pig
but
canadian bacon is made from beef

Answer 6

You Canadians call it peameal bacon. Good lean stuff

Answer 7

canadian bacon just means ham thats what we call ham sometimes.

Answer 8

It's ham, cooked on a skillet. The Canadian part, your guess is as good as mine.

Answer 9

do you have egg mcmuffins up there? an egg mcmuffin has canadian bacon on it. it's the round ham in between the egg and, cheese.

Answer 10

peameal bacon....same thing. Try it on an onion bun with mustard.
Great now I'm hungry!