Dear Wendy's

[Vitamin]

1) Would this be a problem if a Canadian added bacon to her poutine?

2) What if it was delicious?

1) Adding bacon to damn near anything is delicious.

2) Canada is a country that decide to rename ham after itself. They can spare me the food outrage.

 

[gsdx]

2) Canada is a country that decide to rename ham after itself. They can spare me the food outrage.

If you're talking about Canadian bacon, we don't call it that. Americans call it that. We call it peameal bacon.

 

[Vitamin]

If you're talking about Canadian bacon, we don't call it that. Americans call it that. We call it peameal bacon.

Since when do Americans call ham Canadian bacon???

 

[bort138]

Uh oh. The Canadians are pissed. You've really done it this time, Wendy's.

 

[DonQuixote]

OK, Neil, you've got a live one here!

I was going to kid you and say "Wait, doesn't EVERYTHING taste better with bacon?"
As stated above, it is a huge fad - even unto Ice Cream!

FPNY, Cheese Curds have more body and flavour than cottage cheese - more like a mild Colby Jack in bite-sized chunks - Helluvagood Cheese sells them in Wegman's and other stores by the snack bag - they're great plain or on things.

Sir Ron, I can understand you liking Poutine - and (we) have a Registered Trademarked meal that takes a similar, but distinctly different approach to "Grease for Peace", the holy grail of it -

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Now, back to the "bacon" debate - Vitamin, let's be honest, what's served up in that nice, soup can sized roll of very lean cured pork is ham by any other name. Tastes pretty good, and is a lot healthier than typical American bacon, no doubt, but if Peameal Bacon IS the primary bacon sold in Canada, it wouldn't be the same thing as ours - it wouldn't crumble too well to provide that salty crunch.

I don't think I've had good Poutine down here. Or maybe I'm just geared more to Nick's alternative.

 

[zoltanspawn]

It would never cross our minds to do such a thing. It would be like topping an apple pie with Brussels sprouts and mustard.

Given that history so far demonstrates a willingness on the part of some Canadians to add duck confit or merguez (for example) to poutine, I'm not sure I find your assertion all that convincing.

Apparently, these iterations arrived without a similar kerfuffle...which leads me to believe that the issue here isn't the ordinary course of innovation. Which is to say, if a Canadian added some bacon to her poutine Canadians would collectively yawn, possibly minus you.

 

[ronboy]

Sir Ron, I can understand you liking Poutine - and (we) have a Registered Trademarked meal that takes a similar, but distinctly different approach to "Grease for Peace", the holy grail of it -

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I don't think I've had good Poutine down here. Or maybe I'm just geared more to Nick's alternative.

Don Quixote, as a Rochestarian, you know our loyalty for Mr. Tahou's famous "plate." It is similar in concept to poutine, yet very different in size and taste. We are fortunate to live in an area where our regional food specialties are so good! (meal plates, frozen custard, Chicken French, white hot dogs, and definitely the best barbeque north of the Mason-Dixon Line)

 

[MTLDude]

^ That looks disgusting.

Yes it MAY look disgusting, but you have no idea how addictively good it is!

 

[DonQuixote]

Sir Ron,
I love me my Zweigles White Hots - on the plate!
Is it any wonder my waist line is so generously propportioned with all of our good food!

 

[frankfrank]

The G.... Plate is delicious!!!

 

[gsdx]

Since when do Americans call ham Canadian bacon???

You don't, but I have no idea what ham you're talking about that we've named after ourselves, and bacon was the closest I could get.

 

[lambdaboy]

The crap some people eat amazes me! No offence but there are so many places to eat why go to these chains ?

 

[NotHardUp1]

The crap some people eat amazes me! No offence but there are so many places to eat why go to these chains ?

Location, location, location. That's how all chains get a base: they're omnipresent. MacDonald's certainly uses that strategy, and Wendy's as well.

And why not eat poutine at a chain? There are plenty of chains in Canada that serve it. It's just a matter of taste whether Wendy's or any other chain's poutine is preferred. And guess what? Those that offer what people DON'T want soon stop serving it. Natural selection.

How hard can it be to serve gravy over French fries, anyway? Fast food should be perfectly capable of rising to that tricky culinary demand. Heck, it's not even cream gravy.

 

[rareboy]

I dunno Neil.

I can pretty much accept Bacon on anything.

 

[Vitamin]

You don't, but I have no idea what ham you're talking about that we've named after ourselves, and bacon was the closest I could get.

 

[JohnnyAnger]

2) Canada is a country that decide to rename ham after itself. They can spare me the food outrage.

Hey, renaming meat after itself (I'm with Neil, I don't know what you are referring to) is better than changing the cut of meat called bacon. I don't eat meat any more, but its clear to me the shit you guys call bacon in the states is bull crap.

 

[roadtripboy]

You don't, but I have no idea what ham you're talking about that we've named after ourselves, and bacon was the closest I could get.

I may be wrong....but I've always heard it's "back bacon". It's the what you get on an Egg McMuffin.

 

[MrRochesterNY]

The G.... Plate is delicious!!!

It's the name the nobody here will say. It's Nick Tahoe's famous GARBAGE PLATE.

When Queen Elizabeth was here for a visit a few years ago, she was treated to a Garbage Plate. Her comment was British for "delicious": Yechhhh!

 

[gsdx]

I may be wrong....but I've always heard it's "back bacon". It's the what you get on an Egg McMuffin.

Basically the same thing. This should explain it a bit better:

First of all, the good news many of our American friends is this: the Canadian bacon that they already know as Canadian bacon, is not actually bacon (or Canadian, for that matter). Canadian bacon is more like ham than bacon. It’s pickled in a sweet mixture, it’s thicker, and when it’s fully cooked, it’s usually soft and juicy. If you were to try to crispify American’s Canadian bacon, you’d get something super dried out. (Think about what would happen if you tried to fry a Sunday ham. Not pretty.)

Some Americans do get to try something that’s closer to Canadian bacon: and that’s when they order Canadian back bacon. Regular American bacon (or as the Brits call it, streaky bacon) is made from the belly of pigs. Canadian back bacon is, well, from the back. This makes it less fatty than American bacon. I know – for some people, less fat means less flavour. But for true back bacon fans, less fat means more meat. And I don’t think I can argue with that logic.


So What Is Canadian Bacon?

Canadian bacon – or the stuff we Canadians eat and that Americans don’t really eat – is called peameal bacon. It’s got a light brine on it, and it has that edge of cornmeal on it. It’s also not smoked, the way that regular bacon is. It’s basically as close to a cross between ham and bacon that you can get. While it does have a bit of a salty flavour, it is more sweet than other types of bacon. It’s also not going to get as crispy as American bacon. But that doesn’t mean it’s not delicious!

http://www.republicofbacon.com/2011/07/20/what-is-canadian-bacon/

This is peameal bacon:

 

[ronboy]

I once had a peameal bacon sandwich at the St. Lawrence Market in Toronto.

I washed it down with a nice, fizzy can of Squirt.

Absolutely amazing lunch!