[thechat] Re: corned beef or bacon? (was RE: Hijacked... Re: [thechat] Fighter plane's laser may blind civ ilians)

John Handelaar john at evolt.org.uk
Wed Jul 31 10:59:02 CDT 2002


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> [mailto:thechat-admin at lists.evolt.org]On Behalf Of Madhu Menon
> Sent: 31 July 2002 15:59
> To: thechat at lists.evolt.org
> Subject: [thechat] Re: corned beef or bacon? (was RE: Hijacked... Re:
> [thechat] Fighter plane's laser may blind civ ilians)
>
> At 07:48 PM 31-07-02, Joel Canfield wrote:
> >In the US,
> >in case it's not universally known, bacon is thin strips of
> fatty pork cut
> >from the back (yes, 'back' is the root of the word 'bacon' from Old High
> >German; I knew an old, high, German once, but that's another story) and
> >generally fried 'til it's crisp.
>
> Yes, that's what we call bacon too. My label for it is "instant heart
> attack in a packet". ;)

Us western-Euros would insist that the meat
is also smoked, otherwise it's just pork.

<insert lame smoking joke here>

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