Originally Posted by Leto

@ Daniel_, I really don't see how strip bacon (so-called American bacon) can be referred to as flavourless. I find the smokey crispiness to be far more tastey than the back bacon that BG has so aptly explained.

I think that a lot of confusion lies in the fact that large contingent (the majority?) of members on this forum are Americans and for some reason, back bacon has been branded as "Canadian Bacon" in the US. It makes me wonder what Americans called back bacon, or peameal, before this nick name was adopted.

As an anecdote around the confusion, I was in a hotel in New Jersey, lovely town of Teaneck, once upon a time. I ordered room service and just for kicks, chose a pizza with Canadian Bacon on it. Partly because I love bacon on pizza, and partly because I was curious as to what this 'Canadian Bacon' was.

Imagine my surprise and chagrine when the pizza arrived, and i found it covered in the very same ham slices that I was used to getting on my McDonald's Egg McMuffin. Now I know that ham slices are different from bacon (although BG's etymology of bacon is welcomed!) and I know that what i received was a pizza with ham slices not bacon on it. I also know that in Canada we do not refer to ham slices or peameal or back bacon as Canadian Bacon.

All Hail Bacon.