"Uncured" Bacon?

[BigDog]

I just saw this at Sam's Club today, and tried a sample (well, two, but anyways . . . .). It was quite tasty. This was smoked with apple wood.

Isn't the curing of the pork belly the difference between bacon and pancetta? Would this arguably be pancetta then?

I ask mainly because looking for pancetta here seems to be a lost cause. Bacon all over the place, which I know can usually be substituted, but I want to try the real thing (pancetta).

 

[Andy M.]

Pancetta and bacon are both cured. Bacon is smoked, pancetta is not.

 

[ChefJune]

I've been buying "smoked but not cured" bacon from High Hope Hogs, an organic farmer is Pittstown, New Jersey. Best Bacon I've ever eaten, and NO Nitrites.

Pancetta is Italian air-cured bacon, and should be available from any good Italian deli. I know you can get it on line at www.salumeriaitaliana.com. They won't ship it in super-hot weather, but otherwise, just go on line and order some!

 

[BigDog]

Pancetta and bacon are both cured. Bacon is smoked, pancetta is not.

Ah. I had it backward (as I usually seem to do).

 

[TATTRAT]

There is nothing finer then thick cut, pepper crusted, apple wood smoked bacon. Just my $.02