What makes Bacon taste like Bacon is the Belly Muscle and the Fat. Each muscle in any animal does differing amounts of work. The more active, the more connective tissue and the more flavor. Combined with the amount of fat in the muscle, each muscle will have a different flavor. Belly has a lot of fat and is a VERY active muscle, high in connective tissue with long muscle strands, the meat is full flavored. Jowl is similar and is very close in flavor. Front leg and shoulder, Butt, is less active, is leaner with less connective tissue and made up of medium length muscle fibers, so has a completely different flavor. Rear leg, Ham, is again a different type of muscle. Ham is lean, with some what less connective tissue than Butt and is made up of tight bundles of fine short muscle fibers again will have a different taste. Loin is even less active and very fine short muscle fibers with virtually no fat. However, Butt and Ham by nature of their activity level are more similar to each other than they are to Belly or Jowl. So in spite of it's name, Buck Board Bacon, the muscle it is made from, Butt, is more similar to Ham so it will taste like a Fattier, Rich Ham. Only Bacon taste like Bacon...Hope this helps...JJ