<P> Bacon is a meat product prepared from cured pork . It is first cured using large quantities of salt, either a brine or a dry packing . Fresh bacon may then be dried for weeks or months in cold air, or it may be boiled or smoked . Fresh and dried bacon are typically cooked before eating, often by pan frying . Boiled bacon is ready to eat, as is some smoked bacon, but they may be cooked further before eating . Bacon is prepared from several different cuts of meat . It can be made from the pork belly or from back cuts, which has less fat than the belly . </P> <P> Bacon may be eaten smoked, boiled, fried, baked, or grilled . It is eaten on its own, as a side dish (particularly in breakfasts), or used as a minor ingredient to flavour dishes (e.g., the club sandwich). Bacon is also used for barding and larding roasts, especially game, including venison and pheasant . The word is derived from the Old High German bacho, meaning "buttock", "ham" or "side of bacon", and is cognate with the Old French bacon . </P>

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