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Bacon comes from hogs and can be cut and cured in a variety of ways. Different countries and cultures cut their bacon in different ways and different parts of the meat.
See the wikipedia explanation for all types of bacon that are available.
The word 'bacon' is derived from the Old High German word 'bacho' which meant smoked and salted meat from the back or sides of a hog. This is why they call bacon bacon.
A rasher of bacon
ham, but its what most of the world considers bacon, what we call bacon is call pork belly in most places
its just bacon...sumtimes they may call it bacon American
Bacon's rebellion
Ham , Bacon.
if they want to and like pig bacon people do eat guinea pigs I did! I have a pig named Bacon, a much loved one that died a few years ago name Bacon, and one name Pancetta (which is Italian bacon) in between.
best served with ice and brown sauce :P In the blender . Cream of Bacon soup. We'll call it " Heart Attack Soup"
Bacon is the salted flesh of a pig.
Yes... that's why people call them "pigs."
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Yes... that's why people call them "pigs."
It is called this, simply because we use the same principle of cooking ham the way Canadians did. They call it Back Bacon, while we refer to the same technique as Canadian bacon. Sometimes it is called Irish bacon.