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Gammon in British English is the hind leg of pork after it has been cured by dry-salting or brining, [1] and may or may not be smoked. [2] Strictly speaking, a gammon is the bottom end of a whole side of bacon (which includes the back leg); ham is just the back leg cured on its own. [ 3 ]
Black Forest ham is a variety of dry-cured, smoked ham produced in the Black Forest region of Germany. [3] [4] Westphalian ham is produced from acorn-fed pigs raised in the forests of Westphalia, Germany, [12] [13] and the resulting meat is dry-cured and then smoked over a mixture of beechwood and juniper branches. [12] [14] [15] [13] [4]
Kassler (German: ⓘ) or Kasseler in German cuisine is a cured and slightly smoked cut of pork similar to gammon. It can be either hot or cold smoked. Pork necks and loins are the most often used cuts although ribs, shoulders and bellies can also be used. It is often served either with sauerkraut and mashed potatoes or with kale and roasted ...
The smoking of food likely dates back to the paleolithic era. [7] [8] As simple dwellings lacked chimneys, these structures would probably have become very smoky.It is supposed that early humans would hang meat up to dry and out of the way of pests, thus accidentally becoming aware that meat that was stored in smoky areas acquired a different flavor, and was better preserved than meat that ...
The gammon may or may not be smoked after curing is complete. If the curing process also involves air-drying so that the meat can be stored at room temperature and eaten uncooked, that is dry-cured ham, and not gammon. And if the cured gammon is cooked as an entire joint, it becomes a ham.
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In modern days, the enhanced flavor of smoked foods makes them a delicacy in many cultures. Aliya - smoked dish originally from the Luo tribe of Kenya. Bacon – a meat product prepared from a pig and usually cured; [13] [14] some versions are also smoked for preservation or to add flavor Back bacon; Baleron, Polish smoked pork neck cut; Brési
Nueske's prepares its meats with a 20- to 24-hour smoking in "16 steel-lined concrete-block smokehouses heated by open fires of applewood logs" Racks hold 80 sides at a time for about 16,000 pounds a day, with the smoked meat emerging "lean and cordovan-colored, ready to be hand-trimmed and then machine-sliced, roughly 18 one-eighth-inch slices to a pound."