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Make Canadian Bacon

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pmillen:

--- Quote from: GREG-B on August 28, 2017, 01:28:49 AM ---What's the Canadian version like?

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I'm working from memory 50 years back, so you may have to indulge me.

What lower North America calls Canadian Bacon is cured and smoked pork loin.  The smoking is a type of cooking which makes the distinction from the true Canadian variety.  Lower 48 Canadian bacon is really more of a different kind of ham.

Canadians eat Peameal Bacon.  It's cured pork loin, that's not smoked.   After curing it's rolled in corn meal to dry the meat (it used to be pea meal).  The corn meal sort of blends with the loin so it doesn't flake off as easily as you would expect.  It's then cooked for for the first time for serving.

EDIT:  Explained the name.

GREG-B:
Those crazy Canucks.   ;D

BradF:
This is an excellent recipe! I have made it at least six times from when it was posted on the old site.

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