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Kassler substitutes

Kassler is the traditional name in Germany. Elsewhere, butchers sell the same piece — or a close cousin — under a different name.

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United Kingdom

Back baconclose substitute

Both cured pork loin products. Kassler is German brine-cured and cold-smoked, eaten reheated (poached or pan-finished). Back bacon is British wet-or-dry cured, sliced into rashers and pan-fried fresh. Same primal, different finished products.

United States

Pork chopclose substitute

Kassler Kotelett is the bone-in chop variant — same cut as a pork chop, but brine-cured and cold-smoked rather than sold fresh.

Pork loin roastclose substitute

Same anatomical cut — Kassler is the brine-cured, cold-smoked form of the fresh pork loin. Anglo-American "Canadian bacon" is similar in concept (cured loin) but is fully cooked rather than smoke-cured.

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