well , they use bacon because that's what they have .
as to character of the dishes , they are quite different
when prepared w pancetta or guanciale
While I was visiting my father , Id get pancetta ' home made '
from https://www.dittmers.com and delicious it was
they may have had guanciale , but I did not know about it.
most people haven't had P or G in this type of dish , or possibly any other way
but do know about different styles of bacon
supermarket , supermarket + , county
I do this myself almost all of the time
shen I do a pasta + Pork dish.
just reading this thread reminds me
the New To Me Tj's pork belly would
nicely in a contrasting way , work for this dish.