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Ham
Pork from a leg cut that has been preserved by wet or dry curing, with or without smoking / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For the cured but uncooked leg of pork, see Gammon (meat). For other uses, see Ham (disambiguation).
Ham is pork from a leg cut that has been preserved by wet or dry curing, with or without smoking.[1] As a processed meat, the term ham includes both whole cuts of meat and ones that have been mechanically formed.
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Ham is made around the world, including a number of regional specialties. In addition, numerous ham products have specific geographical naming protection.