Bacon

Using home made apple wood smoked bacon in beet greens and smoking bacon at home.

I’ve always wondered what made Canadian bacon Canadian. Is it that Canadians don’t know how to make real bacon? Does it have something to do with Virginia and hams? was it originally a marketing ploy by McDonalds?

And you thought bacon was only a Western thing. Not so. The Chinese make all sorts of fantastic pork belly products, and this one, smoked with chile, cinnamon, star anise and Sichuan peppercorn, is one of the best.

The trio of Swiss chard, potatoes and bacon is a great mixture of foods available long after the peak growing season.