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Back bacon contains meat from the loin in the middle of the back of the pig. [8] [12] It is a leaner cut, with less fat compared to side bacon. [1] Most bacon consumed in the United Kingdom and Ireland is back bacon. [8] [13] Collar bacon is taken from the back of a pig near the head. [8] [14]
Back bacon is derived from the same cut used for pork chops. [1] It is the most common cut of bacon used in British and Irish cuisine, where both smoked and unsmoked varieties of bacon are found. [2] In the United States, this is called Canadian bacon and goes in such recipes as eggs Benedict; in the U.K. and Canada it is called back bacon.
Strictly speaking, a gammon is the bottom end of a whole side of bacon (which includes the back leg); ham is just the back leg cured on its own. [3] Like bacon it must be cooked before it can be eaten; in that sense gammon is comparable to fresh pork meat, and different from dry-cured ham like jamón serrano or prosciutto .
The following is a list of bacon dishes. The word bacon is derived from the Old French word bacon, and cognate with the Old High German bacho, meaning "buttock", "ham", or "side of bacon". [1] Bacon is made from the sides, belly, or back of the pig and contains varying amounts of fat depending on the cut. [2]
Bacon is eaten fried, baked, or grilled. A side of unsliced bacon is a "flitch" or "slab bacon", while an individual slice of bacon is a "rasher" (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand and the United Kingdom) or simply a "slice" or "strip" (North America). Slices of bacon are also known as "collops". Traditionally, the skin is left on the cut and is ...
Rasher or Rashers may refer to: Rasher (artist), an Irish figurative artist; Rasher (comics), a British comic strip; Rasher, what the Irish call a slice of bacon; Rasher, a recurring character in the TV series Blood Drive; Rashers Tierney, a character on Strumpet City played by David Kelly; Sebastes miniatus, a fish also known as the vermilion ...
Coddle (sometimes Dublin coddle; Irish: cadal) [1] is an Irish dish which is often made to use up leftovers. It most commonly consists of layers of roughly sliced pork sausages and rashers (thinly sliced, somewhat-fatty back bacon) with chunky potatoes, sliced onion, salt, pepper, and herbs.
Philippine tocino. Tocino is bacon in Spanish, [1] typically made from the pork belly and often formed into cubes in Spain. In Caribbean countries, such as Puerto Rico and Cuba, tocino is made from pork fatback and is neither cured nor smoked but simply fried until very crunchy; it is then added to recipes, much like the way lardons are used in French cuisine.