> > > > Hmmm. I never thought about different sorts of bacon before. I can't say I've seen anything here like the Canadian Bacon you mention. The standard bacon here seems to be closest to the first sort you mention above. Whether it goes crunchy or stays soft depends on how long you fry it. I think. I'm not much of a connoisseur really.
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> > > > We don't have anything like the Turkey Bacon (the mere thought is going to give me nightmares for a while) or other variations mentioned in other posts below.
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> > > > I don't remember what US bacon was like (last time I was there was in 1989, unless you count a week in Hawaii a couple of years ago, and I didn't try the bacon at that time) but most of the meat you seem to get there is pretty low-grade by NZ standards. I don't know how that would apply to processed meat like bacon, which I tend to think is fairly unlike the original product no matter what country it comes from.
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> > > > Brunnen-"but the best steak in the world comes from Espiritu Santo, Vanuatu"G
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> > > Hey, since I never asked for any candy, can I get some of that steak?
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> > > Mou"finally learned that the Portuguese Sausage they serve in Hawaii=Spam"sie
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> > Sure. Next time I'm in Vanuatu I'll get some for you. Hope you're prepared to wait a couple of years, though. I've only been there once in my life, but I certainly intend to go back some day, because it's my favourite tropical island group. It rules. Especially because when I flew between islands up there, it was on the smallest commercial plane I've ever seen (a DC6 Twin Otter) and about two weeks after I got back home, it crashed into the sea and everybody died. Now that's what I call a well-timed holiday.
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> > Brunnen-"I thought EVERYTHING they served in Hawaii=Spam"G
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> Wow. You were certainly charmed that trip. I bet there was a spider on board and the captain was trying to get away from it.
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> Mou"the food in Hawaii is not the best, huh?"sie

Yes, that's a real possibility. Vanuatu was in my mind when I mentioned tropical spiders. I have a good story about my Vanuatu spider experience, but you're obviously a sensitive person and I'll spare you the details. If *I* had been flying that plane and a typical Vanuatu spider had shown up, suicide would have been the only option. Of course, that couldn't be what really happened. A spider like the one that was in my hotel room couldn't have fit through the DOOR on that plane.

Brunnen-"maybe I'm exaggerating, but remember the airlock scene in Aliens?"G