Ham

For other uses, see Ham (disambiguation).

Ham is pork that comes from a leg of a pig.^[1]

Prosciutto in a store

Ham can be dry-cured or wet-cured. Dry-cured ham is made by rubbing the meat with salt.^[2] Wet-cured ham is made with brine.^[3]

Types of dry-cured ham:

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

Ham is used in SPAM.^[4]

Gallery

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  Le jambon (Paul Gauguin, 1889).
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  Cooked ham
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  A ham sandwich on a plate with a lot of different vegetables and fries
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  Spanish Iberico ham with knife