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ursamajorAfter some extremely last-minute wrangling, hyounpark and I went to Toronto last weekend and ate very, very well. And did new things we didn't do last time!
I'm still uploading pictures, but I have a few things I would like to say on the matter of certain things we ate. We will start with Canadian Bacon.
Dear Real Canadian Bacon (aka peameal bacon),
I have been to your fair country at least a dozen times over the years, and this was my third trip to Toronto. How is it that I did not discover your true self, until I was this far into my fourth decade of life? No, you do not belong on pizza, like your false brethren, but you do go wonderfully on Eggs Benny. Or without eggs, as ishyounpark's preference:
Canadian bacon looks like this:
And like this:
And can be bought in places like this:
In short:
Love, me
Dear Craptastic Meat Product that Americans try to pass off as "Canadian bacon,"
Before this vacation, I had only ever experienced "Canadian bacon" on pizza with pineapple. Given your resemblance to American-style ham, which I think tastes disgusting, it's no wonder I thought you were gross.
On vacation, I had REAL Canadian bacon. And I liked it so much I had it THREE TIMES IN FIVE DAYS.
Conclusion:
Canadian bacon = yummy with good texture! And I could see it going well on the right kind of pizza. Probably a pizza with egg. ;)
"Canadian bacon" = Lying liars that lie = SPAM.
No love, me
*
Update: I can affirm that Canadian bacon does not look like this:
hyounpark and I went to Toronto last weekend and ate very, very well. And did new things we didn't do last time!I'm still uploading pictures, but I have a few things I would like to say on the matter of certain things we ate. We will start with Canadian Bacon.
Dear Real Canadian Bacon (aka peameal bacon),
I have been to your fair country at least a dozen times over the years, and this was my third trip to Toronto. How is it that I did not discover your true self, until I was this far into my fourth decade of life? No, you do not belong on pizza, like your false brethren, but you do go wonderfully on Eggs Benny. Or without eggs, as is
hyounpark's preference:Canadian bacon looks like this:
And like this:
And can be bought in places like this:
In short:
Love, me
Dear Craptastic Meat Product that Americans try to pass off as "Canadian bacon,"
Before this vacation, I had only ever experienced "Canadian bacon" on pizza with pineapple. Given your resemblance to American-style ham, which I think tastes disgusting, it's no wonder I thought you were gross.
On vacation, I had REAL Canadian bacon. And I liked it so much I had it THREE TIMES IN FIVE DAYS.
Conclusion:
Canadian bacon = yummy with good texture! And I could see it going well on the right kind of pizza. Probably a pizza with egg. ;)
"Canadian bacon" = Lying liars that lie = SPAM.
No love, me
*
Update: I can affirm that Canadian bacon does not look like this:
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Date: 2010-10-25 19:15 (UTC)Now I must seek for the real thing.
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Date: 2010-10-25 19:33 (UTC)I am looking around Boston to see if anybody makes it, but I really don't remember having ever seen it, so I may just have to make some myself.
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Date: 2010-10-25 19:52 (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-10-25 20:48 (UTC)Also, the maple-leaf-shaped bacon pic cracked me up so bad.
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Date: 2010-10-25 19:22 (UTC)Annnnnd now I must ask my sister to bring home some of the real stuff, because om nom nom.
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Date: 2010-10-25 19:38 (UTC)