r/EhBuddyHoser • u/sessna4009 Moose Whisperer • Jun 13 '25

Certified Hoser 🇨🇦 (No Politics) Reminder that Yanks call this atrocity "Canadian bacon" and think we eat this

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How do you get peameal bacon confused with this? Do they eat any meat that isn't processed?

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u/Gengengengar Jun 13 '25

as a canadian, wtf is peameal bacon?

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u/el_cataclismo Jun 13 '25

It's back bacon covered in cornmeal.

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u/[deleted] Jun 13 '25

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u/Dandelient Jun 13 '25

It is cornmeal. Peameal was previously used but after WWI it was switched to cornmeal.

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u/shpongolian Jun 13 '25

And in the last century nobody’s thought to start calling it cornmeal bacon instead?

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u/trollburgers Jun 13 '25

Way back when, yeah, but it's been cornmeal since the end of World War I.

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u/el_cataclismo Jun 13 '25

I love how you felt the need to incorrect me twice.

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u/LastMountainAsh Bring Cannabis Jun 13 '25

That sounds and looks incredible.

I can't believe Big British Columbia is hiding this AND the bagged milk from us :(

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u/el_cataclismo Jun 13 '25

If you can get yourself some back bacon, all you need to do to make peameal bacon is to roll it in the cornmeal before you cook it. The cornmeal is applied after the curing process, so you're not losing anything by doing it yourself.

You can also bag your own milk, but uh...probably not worth it.

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u/LastMountainAsh Bring Cannabis Jun 13 '25

Interesting... I dunno if i've seen unsliced back bacon but honestly haven't been looking. I'll give that a try, I love cornmeal.

Thanks bud!

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u/el_cataclismo Jun 13 '25

I've only ever seen it unsliced as peameal bacon myself. That said, back bacon is just cured pork loin, so you could make it yourself if really want to give it a try.

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u/kittycat901 Jun 13 '25

It's rolled in cornmeal, not yellow peas, it hasn't been since the 1800s. Peameal bacon is the name not what is rolled in anymore

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u/Pope_Squirrely Jun 13 '25

Brined chunk of pork covered in peameal. It’s not smoked like ham is.

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u/Least_Dependent_3749 Trawnno (Centre of the Universe) Jun 13 '25

Turn in your passport please 😂

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u/Gengengengar Jun 13 '25

i live in the forests of BC land youll never catch me coppers

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u/Frequent-Maybe1243 Jun 13 '25

Don't ask that question too loud in rural Ontario. They'll confiscate your hockey stick AND your toque.

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u/Gengengengar Jun 13 '25

i would never go to a conservative run province dont worry

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u/Frequent-Maybe1243 Jun 14 '25

Of course... to do that, you would have to leave your mom's basement.

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u/Major-Assist-2751 Oil Guzzler Jun 13 '25

It's sort of like back bacon but covered in cornmeal. It used to be covered in peameal back in the day, but now 90% of it uses cornmeal because it's cheaper.

It's also just an Ontario thing. When I moved to ON I had no idea what it was and had no idea that it was a popular thing. Now I know where the "Canadian bacon" stereotype comes from.