Ham

Ham with cloves.

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 a mixture 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.

Kinds of dry-cured ham:

• Prosciutto crudo (Italian)
• Prosciutto di Parma (Italian)
• Jamón serrano (Spanish)
• Jamón iberico (Spanish)
• Country ham (American)
• York ham (English)
• Westphalian ham (German)

Ham is used in SPAM.

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  Le jambon (Félix Vallotton, 1918).

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  Le jambon (Édouard Manet, c. 1875).

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  Le jambon (Paul Gauguin, 1889).