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Isn't that because y'all call it back bacon? At least my friends in London, Ontario, do.
I like the Aussie/UK style bacon which is like a combination of the American and so called Canadian - it's cut from the middle loin I believe and has the long strip PLUS the 'eye".
I like the meat of the Canadian style but it's not bacon without fat imho.
I like the Aussie/UK style bacon which is like a combination of the American and so called Canadian - it's cut from the middle loin I believe and has the long strip PLUS the 'eye".
I like the meat of the Canadian style but it's not bacon without fat imho.
British back bacon isn't even remotely similar to American bacon...in any combination.
American is 99.9% of the time pork belly that is cured and smoked. English bacon comes from the loin and is usually just cured with no smoke.
Although Frankfurters are reasonably close to something that has existed for centuries in Frankfurt, you'd have been hard pressed to find a Hamburger in Hamburg, before McDonalds opened there.
In fact, in America, the Wiener and the Frankfurter are synonymous, even though those words, in German, mean "of Frankfurt (Germany)", and "of Vienna (Austria)", so that single product is blamed on two countries.
People in Denmark call the Danish a 'Wienerbrød', which means "Viennese bread".
Has anybody mentioned French Fries, Brussels Sprouts and Swiss Chard? Or Spanish onions or Irish coffee or Dutch chocolate?
The Jerusalem Artichoke is an edible North American variety of Sunflower.
Prior to the respective travels of Christopher Columbus and Marco Polo, the Italians had no knowledge at all of either spaghetti or tomatoes.
Chili and chili peppers are not from Chile, where people eat relatively bland food. The Brazil Nut is not named after the country. It's the opposite---the country is named after the nut.
Even though no Turkey has ever been in Turkey, there is still a link. The Europeans were familiar with what is now known as the domesticated Guinea Fowl, which were introduced into Europe from Turkey, and in those days, called Turkey Fowl. (The wild bird is actually of African origin.) When the first Europeans arrived in North America, and found our forests teeming with the delicious birds, they mistakenly called them Turkey Fowl (having no other name for them), and the name stuck. All true turkeys are of wild North American origin. North American Robins, Bluebirds, Blackbirds, Finches, Warblers and Sparrows were also erroneously given the names of similar but unrelated European birds.
I have seen some chocolate croissants in the UK and US ( chocolate covered croissants , usually quite sweet and sickly, using fake chocolate and not very flakey) but a chocolatine ( a French word in certain regions as well as Quebec) is a different thing though ( delicious, buttery, flakey and moist ) .
I love "pain au chocolat" but was not impressed with the chocolate croissant.
Which of the two are people in the US refering to ? :
The chocolatine/pain au chocolat is what I know, but I was spoiled by an amazing bakery in a town I have now moved away from (perhaps that is good...). I use to get excited when I saw another "pain au chocolat" in a coffee shop/bakery, but I have given up. Most have been stuffed with chocolate, but the actual pastry is a sorry excuse!
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Originally Posted by TKramar
French fries and French toast are not really from France. Thomas' English muffins were invented in Northeast America, not known in England--though scones are, and they're similar.
Canadian bacon is not know as that in Canada.
I had a professor once who was originally from France. She snobily said that there was no "French Toast" in France. In the next breath she said there is a tradition of using up yesterday's bread by soaking it in milk and frying it. Hmmm... sounds like the beginning of French Toast to me!
I once had a co-worker ask me why chinese restaurants in atlanta did not have st. Louis chicken. She said she loved eating it back home at all the local chinese restaurants. I told her because it was regional to st. Louis and it was not a dish that the chinese in china make/cook. She looked at me puzzled and reminded me that it was a very popular chinese dish in st. Louis
When I was living in Japan, an american friend came to a sushi restaurant with me. He tried to ask for a spicy tuna roll, which you can get there. They had so much difficulty understanding what he was asking for!
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(I did say it was middle loin)
