[TAG] English->American dictionary

[Mike Orr]

Jimmy O'Regan wrote:

>On 9/27/05, mso at oz.net <mso at oz.net> wrote:
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>>Jimmy O'Regan wrote:
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>>>mso at oz.net wrote:
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>>>>Wikipedia has a picture of what I'd call
>>>>bacon and calls it "streaky bacon".
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>>>Yeah. It's streaky bacon because it's streaked with fat.
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>>I thought streaky meant it was cut into strips.  We don't differentiate by
>>fat content.  Most of our bacon is shockingly fatty like the picture, but
>>sometimes it's leaner.
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>No, though streaky bacon almost always is cut in strips.
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>>>>Canadian bacon & pineapple is one of the most popular types of pizza,
>>>>second only to pepperoni.  But you rarely see Canadian bacon except on
>>>>pizza.
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>>>Well... have you ever seen a slice of it? That's what most rashers look
>>>like here (and, presumably, in England).
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>>A round disc, paper thin, like ham but denser, little or no visible fat.
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>Hmm. It just occurred to me to check the company website, and here we go:
>http://www.dewvalley.com/products/cooked_back_bacon/
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OK, never seen something like that.