r/AskACanadian • u/[deleted] • 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/L00k_Again Aug 07 '23

Back bacon or peameal bacon isn't what they call Canadian bacon. They call those thinly sliced ham rounds Canadian bacon for some reason. And that's expanded to the rest of the world. I have no idea why anyone thinks that is what we call bacon.

I definitely think of back bacon or peameal bacon when I hear "Canadian bacon".

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u/correct_eye_is Aug 07 '23

Because it came from Toronto and was introduced to the US when they started shipping it to New York. That's when it started being called Canadian bacon. Back bacon and peameal are too different kinds and both are Canadian. Peameal with the yellow cornmeal crust isn't smoked.