Ham

Prosciutto in the store

Ham is meat that comes from a thigh of a pig. Ham is a kind of pork, which is any meat from a pig.

Ham can be dry-cured or wet-cured. Dry-cured ham is made by rubbing the meat with salt. Then, it is dried and aged. Wet-cured ham is made with brine. Ham is pork. Ham is one of the foods forbidden by kosher rules.

Types of dry-cured ham:

Ham is used in SPAM.

Le jambon (Félix Vallotton, 1918).
Le jambon (Édouard Manet, c. 1875).
Le jambon (Paul Gauguin, 1889).
Parma ham with fruit
country ham in festival
Prosciutto with melon

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