>>>>>That's the FIRST time I've ever heard anything like that, and I'm from the capital of Ireland. And to suggest that "corned dog" is anything like bacon suggests that you guys have never tasted bacon.
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>>>>Our friends to the south don't know what bacon is. Kevin Bacon maybe.
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>>>When my source for Irish Bacon runs out I automatically go to Canadian bacon.
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>>Which is entirely different from American bacon. (And much healthier). It's closer to what we call ham. I can easily understand Terry's confusion about corned beef.
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>Would you believe that a few years ago I would sometimes have an Egg McMuffin at McDonalds? They had three types of “meat”, sausage, American bacon, or Canadian bacon. I ordered the one with the Canadian bacon.
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>One Saturday morning I went to McDonalds and saw that the Egg McMuffin with Canadian bacon had been removed from the menu. I asked the manager why? His response was that it was not popular. So much for McDonalds! :)


Maybe I am getting senile but the last time I drove through a Mickey D's and ordered an Egg McMuffin I could swear it was Canadian bacon.