[Vocabulary] Applewood

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maiabulela

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A: What kind of bacon do you use?
B: Applewood smoked bacon.

What is the menaing of "Applewood" here? Is it a brand name or a name of a company. Google results are not clear.

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A: What kind of bacon do you use?
B: Applewood smoked bacon.

What is the menaing of "Applewood" here? Is it a brand name or a name of a company. Google results are not clear.

Thanks.

Not a teacher.

It literally means that the bacon was smoked (prepared/cured) with the wood from an apple tree. It's a method of preparation and not a brand name.

(I believe most bacon is hickory smoked.)
 

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Ca't thank you enough. It's more than clear now. The last note was so so useful :up::up::up:
 
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