No reason to apologize. You didn't do anything wrong:
My apologies Bear. The butcher I bought the meat from told me that.
Here's an older Link, with a bunch of opinions on slicing Bacon. Best thing would be for you to try it different ways & judge for yourself:This maybe a dumb question but is there a way to tell which way the grain runs on pork belly?
Yup---Born & raised in Quakertown, but now live on the mountain near Macungie.
Wow...Your very close.