me: google image search PEAMEAL

merkley???: never heard that word

me: peameal bacon?
back bacon
canadian bacon
omg
wiki+peameal
super delicious and fattening
peameal

me: i am wearing a rush sweatshirt

merkley???: dood

me: it fits awesome
it is black

merkley???: you’re such a canadian

me: and homemade
i bought it in nyc you dick

merkley???: bacon
hockey
rush

me: ok sorry you are right

me: do you like that i keep apologizing like a canadian

merkley???: yes and i read it with a canadian accent
sore
ee
not sar ee

me: well you are canadian merkley so i think you have committed treason cos you dont know what back bacon is

merkley???: yeah
sad
i know back bacon

me: oh so you are also a liar

merkley???: i just never heard peameal

me: oh ok

me: fil said this
Phil: no no the back bacon is coated in pea meal, as in meal made from peas
he knows everything

merkley???: ah i see
like dried peas ground up?

me: like cornmeal except peas

merkley???: sounds yummy

me: tho its yellow so i dunno
you dont even taste the stuff
its just to make the fat stand out more

Phil: i guess – like corn meal, except it’s peas

me: OH
i hate you

me: i just told fil i hate him

OH HERE WE GO

Phil: Canadian bacon is a term used in the United States and Canada, but with differing meanings. In the United States it refers to any lean meaty cut of bacon, and is primarily used as a pizza topping. In Canada, Canadian bacon, which is also known as peameal bacon, refers to a specific variety of unsmoked lean bacon that has been sweet pickle-cured and coated in yellow cornmeal. Other proteins, such as turkey and beef, can be made in the style of Canadian bacon by employing this same sweet pickle and cornmeal process. Canadian bacon, as in the American interpretation (Back Bacon) actually is rarely eaten by Canadians unless in fast food breakfast sandwiches from American chain restaurants.

me: thanks prof

Phil: but note that it says it is coated in cornmeal – at some point in its history they must have used meal made from peas, hence the name

me: yes

Phil: maybe i will have another peameal bacon sandwich for lunch
nick asked me yesterday how birds see
cuz he was looking at one with eyes on either side of its head
and i got this look in my eye (you know the one)
and explained the difference between wall-eyed view, and stereoscopic

me: omg
does he hate you now
hahaha

Phil: like chickadees or finches or whatever we were looking at has eyes on either side so they can see predators coming

me: FIL I AM NOT THE ONE WHO ASKED

Phil: whereas birds of prey like an owl has both eyes on the front so it can better focus for hunting
oh sorry