# "Hempler's Center Cut Butcher Cut Shoulder Bacon" -how is this not ham?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hemplers-center-cut-butcher-cut-shoulder-bacon-how-is-this-not-ham/1007127>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** food-cooking\
**Created:** [September 11, 2024, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hemplers-center-cut-butcher-cut-shoulder-bacon-how-is-this-not-ham/1007127 "2024-09-11T15:46:51Z")\
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**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\
**Post date:** [September 12, 2024, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hemplers-center-cut-butcher-cut-shoulder-bacon-how-is-this-not-ham/1007127/21 "2024-09-12T21:03:32Z")

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> [@teelabrown](#):
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> Hempler’s also makes Canadian-style bacon and sells it in big unsliced chunks, or at least they did the last time I was in Washington. It was the finest Canadian bacon I ever had, but they don’t sell it down here in California.

We are fans of Hempler’s products. They are out of Ferndale, WA which is where my father-in-law grew up (they still live very nearby). We’ve had this shoulder bacon and it is pretty good.

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