Originally Posted by
mlshanks
Actually, "Canadian bacon" as sold in the US is what the UK & Canada would call "back bacon," and is a cured pork loin product.
U.K. also calls U.S. style bacon (made from pork belly) "streaky bacon". Speck in German (and Austria) is not that style of bacon either. Some Austrian has started making U.S.-style bacon which it calls "American Bacon" (translated from German). Superior to most U.S. bacon, incidentally.