Bacon: alternatives and connections

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Bacon

The back and sides of a pig salted and smoked; formerly, the flesh of a pig salted or fresh.

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Flitch 76% connected

The side of a hog salted and cured; a side of bacon.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Gammon 76% connected

The buttock or thigh of a hog, salted and smoked or dried; the lower end of a flitch.

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