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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 ]
When cooked, gammon is ham. Cooked ham joints are a popular dish around Christmas time, particularly in the Anglosphere and Northern Europe. Gammon can also served as gammon steaks, which are fried or grilled, and served in a similar manner to bacon. [31]
Elenski but is a dry-cured ham from the town of Elena in northern Bulgaria and a popular delicacy throughout the country. [3] [4] The meat has a specific taste and can be preserved for several years, owing much to the special process of making and the climatic conditions of the part of Stara Planina where Elena is located.
Gammon is a pejorative term popularised in British political culture since the 2010s. The term refers to the colour of a person's flushed face when expressing strong opinions, which purportedly resembles the type of pork of the same name .
Gammon (meat), a cut of quick-cured pork leg; Gammon, the rope lashing or iron hardware to attach a mast to a boat or ship; Gammon bomb, a British hand grenade used during World War II; Gammon Construction, a Hong Kong construction company; Gammon India, an Indian civil engineering construction company; Gammon Lake, in Ontario, Canada
Pork is the culinary name for the meat of the pig (Sus domesticus). It is the most commonly consumed meat worldwide, [1] with evidence of pig husbandry dating back to 5000 BCE. [2] Pork is eaten both freshly cooked and preserved; curing extends the shelf life of pork products. Ham, gammon, bacon, and pork sausage are examples of preserved pork.
The croque-monsieur is a type of ham and cheese sandwich. This is a list of notable ham dishes.Ham is pork that has been preserved through salting, smoking, or wet curing. [1] It was traditionally made only from the hind leg of swine, and referred to that specific cut of pork. [2]
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.