I was amazed at being told about "streaky bacon" which is allegedly so loved by the English - out here in Aus that rates as "the real cheap stuff" - if it hasn't got more meat than fat it's always been considered "substandard"...

You can also buy what is basically just the "eye" part in packs in the stores...

My father, who during WWII, ate in both the USA and England - always considered that Australian bacon was the best in the world. As a RAF pilot, they was always given top ration in order to assure their health. He told me that two fried eggs for breakfast with bacon always made him feel guilty, and that the Aussie flyboys would often slip one of their eggs onto the plates of the ground crews - they got little sleep, little comfort and poor food - without the ground crew's hard work, the flyboys stood little chance of making it back...

BTW "G for George" - the Lancaster that made 90 bombing flights over Germany is now restored and on display in the Australian War Museum in Canberra.

Robin