pigs in canada?.........funny flour?

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bochinche

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someone has suggested i try canadian bacon and buckwheat pancakes (not at the same time).

apparently there is something special about "canadian" bacon good for diets or something.
i've heard how new zealanders love their sheep, but i didn't know canada had a special relationship with pigs.

buckwheat? ....goofy cereal?

could somebody tell me what is so different about them and, more importantly, if i can buy them in santo domingo?

i know there is a dominican cooking forum, but i prefer to ask here.

thanks.
 
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Canadian bacon (back bacon by another name) is lower fat.

It looks kinda like ham and is quite lean. Sometimes it is prepared as peameal bacon (rolled in corn meal) and is really quite good.
Buckwheat pancakes are made from buckwheat flour (which isn't a wheat flour at all but is a seed that is ground) so has a lower glycemic index than regular white flour. Therefore it is not converted into glucose as quickly so is not as "fattening" as regular flour. It is considered one of the "whole" grains and really makes a lovely pancake. Kinda strange looking as it's very dark with a distinctive flavour that marries nicely with maple syrup! ;)

I didn't see any buckwheat flour or pancake mix in either SD or SPM when last there but I brought a package of pancake mix with me and hoarded it to make it last! Haven't seen any Canadian bacon either in La Repubblica but I wasn't looking either as I'm on a vegan diet!

Canadian bacon is used a lot in the South Beach Diet because it is lower in fat than regular bacon.

BTW -you CAN try both at the same time as Canadian bacon is a breakfast food as are buckwheat pancakes and could share space on your breakfast plate! I'd take a mouthful of each at differents times tho' unless you want very salty/meaty tasting pancakes!
 
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Chirimoya

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Buckwheat

Apparently in Spanish it is called alforf?n, trigo sarraceno or trigo negro.

In any case, try delis with fancy imported food like Omaha Gourmet in Plaza Paseo de la Churchill, Churchill esq Pastoriza.

I've eaten buckwheat crepes, they are a Breton speciality and very nice too. :lick:
 
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