Speck

Speck is smoked or pickled pork belly.In Germany, speck is pork fat with or without some meat in it. In Italy, Turkey and parts of the English-speaking culinary world, "speck" refers to Italian speck, a type of prosciutto, rather than German speck. The term "speck" became part of popular parlance only in the eighteenth century and replaced the older term "bachen", a cognate of "bacon".

Speck

Speck is smoked or pickled pork belly.In Germany, speck is pork fat with or without some meat in it. In Italy, Turkey and parts of the English-speaking culinary world, "speck" refers to Italian speck, a type of prosciutto, rather than German speck. The term "speck" became part of popular parlance only in the eighteenth century and replaced the older term "bachen", a cognate of "bacon".