SC - Ham

[Philip & Susan Troy]

Elysant at aol.com wrote:
> 
> -Poster: <Elysant at aol.com>
> 
> >  Since, uncured ham is called "fresh ham", sugar cured ham is called "sugar
> >  cured ham", salty ham has several names, all including the word "ham", and
> >  smoked ham is called just that...
> >
> >  Mordonna
> 
> We also have gammon in Britain. I know it is not classed as ham, but don't
> really remember now what exactly it is defined as outside of learning that it
> comes from a different part of the pig than ham does.

Gammon is usually cured side meat, what we'd call bacon. Unfortunately
for the nomenclature-obsessed, a side of gammon can include the hind
leg, so while ham can sometimes be classified as bacon, bacon can't be
classified as ham.

Confused yet???

Adamantius
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Phil & Susan Troy

troy at asan.com
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