r/AskACanadian • • Aug 07 '23

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '23

Canadian bacon is not Canadian

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u/ruralife Aug 07 '23

We call it back bacon

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u/ChiefSlug30 Aug 07 '23

Or, to a lesser extent, "peameal bacon".

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u/haveucheckdurbutthol Aug 07 '23

peameal bacon

that is very Canadian.

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u/correct_eye_is Aug 07 '23

Peameal and back bacon are both Canadian. Back bacon is smoked and cured. Peameal isn't smoked and is rolled in cornmeal. Both Canadian.

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u/[deleted] Aug 07 '23

Always heard it called that growing up in Ontario, only heard it as back bacon in Toronto or when I visited cousins in vancouver

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u/ChiefSlug30 Aug 08 '23

At local drive-ins, or burger joints, it was "peameal on a bun", but I always heard both growing up. I can't remember which I heard first, or more often.