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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.
Bacon made from the meat on the back of the pig is referred to as "back bacon" and is part of traditional full breakfasts commonly eaten in Britain and Ireland. In the United States, back bacon may also be referred to as "Canadian-style Bacon" or "Canadian Bacon". [24] The canned meat Spam is made of chopped pork shoulder meat and ham.
Sliced jowl bacon Fried pork jowl. Pork jowl is a cut of pork from a pig's cheek. Different food traditions have used it as a fresh cut or as a cured pork product (with smoke and/or curing salt). As a cured and smoked meat in America, it is called jowl bacon or, especially in the Southern United States, hog jowl, joe bacon, or joe meat.
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.
Lardons may be prepared from different cuts of pork, including pork belly and fatback, or from cured cuts such as bacon [3] or salt pork.According to food writer Regina Schrambling, when the lardon is salt-cured but not smoked in the style of American bacon, "the flavor comes through cleanly, more like ham but richer because the meat is from the belly of the pig, not the leg". [4]
Meat production is a major contributor to environmental issues including global warming, pollution, and biodiversity loss, at local and global scales. Meat is important to economies and cultures around the world, but some people (vegetarians and vegans) choose not to eat meat for ethical, environmental, health or religious reasons.