>Shane, I know I'll regret writing this, but doesn't Canadian bacon come
>from Canadian born porkers? As in, Australian bacon coming from
>Australian pigs, and Cuban bacon coming from Cuban pigs?
>LOL
>GK

I don't know if you were just kidding Graham, but just to be clear, 
"Canadian Bacon" is **NOT** from Canada.

It's just one of those names ---- exactly like "French Fries" you know?

Like, "New Zealand Lamb" is from new zealand, "Spanish Wine" is from Spain.

But "Canadian Bacon" is just a term like "French Fries" or "Dutch 
Courage" or "Irish Coffee" --  "Canadian Bacon" it refers to a 
specific cut of meat, ok?  Absolutely nothing to do with the point of 
origin of the meat product.

If you're from Aus., the perfect analogy is "Irish Coffee."  "Irish 
Coffee" just means coffee with some whiskey in it.  The coffee is not 
from Eireland, and it is not even particularly something invented in 
Eireland, it's just a silly name for a particular coffee drink.  The 
term Canadian Bacon is exactly the same, Graham.

If you thought that "Canadian Bacon" was like "Spanish Wine" (i.e., 
meaning wine made in Spain), you are 100% mistaken.  "Canadian Bacon" 
is a "fun" name, exactly like "Irish Coffee" or "French Fries" with 
no relationship, whatsoever, to Canada.

I actually ** have to believe ** that I have now explained this 
enough, right?  :-O

As Shane says:
"> {This is utterly non-mysterious and is exactly analogous to - say -
>  "canadian bacon" ... no amazing mystery.}
In all my travels in America, from the high Canadian Arctic to the central
American states, I have never seen "Canadian bacon" outside of the USA.
I've never heard anyone in Canada refer to any sort of bacon, be it side
bacon or back bacon as "Canadian bacon".

Right; that's exactly what I meant, Shane.  "Canadian Bacon" is an 
example of a name used only in the US and not elsewhere.  I mentioned 
it for that reason, as an example of a name or term used only in the 
US and not elsewhere.

Only on the internet could something like this be discussed in such 
detail.   :-O

Can we draw a line under this?

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