Kathy's Pete wrote:
So not only is it not smoked, it's not cooked at all before slicing?
No, peameal bacon is not smoked. I tend to think of it as a raw product (like side bacon or pancetta) that needs to be cooked before you eat it. It tends to come sliced thinly and you fry it, or sometimes you buy it whole and either slice it yourself and fry it, or you can cook it like a roast (one Christmas my MIL made a Canadian Living recipe where it was glazed it with a mustard and maple syrup glaze and roasted, which was the only time I've had it that way - the norm is to slice it and fry it). It's definitely not eaten raw.