| The modern word “ham” is derived from the Old English ham or hom meaning the hollow or bend of the knee from a Germanic base where it meant “crooked”.
It began to refer to the cut of pork derived from the hind leg of a pig around the 15th century. Ham is one of the oldest meats of civilized humans and many credit the Chinese as being the first people to record curing raw hams, while others have claimed the ham is a French invention. A ham is usually preserved by salting, smoking or drying, or a combination of these methods. You can also buy fresh hams that have not been preserved. In North America, pork shoulders are frequently processed into hams and marketed as picnic hams, shoulder hams, etc. Hams are produced by almost every country in the world making it one of the oldest and most popular meats out there! Here are a couple of hams that are commonly found in North American stores: 🐷 Country Ham or Country-Style Ham – This is a dry-cured ham. The ham is hand rubbed with salt, sugar and nitrate; packed in the curing ingredients and usually smoked. A country ham is much drier than injected-cured hams and has a sharper flavour due to its high salt content. 🐷 Picnic Ham – This a cut of pork from the upper part of the foreleg and includes a portion of the shoulder. The Picnic Ham is cured in the same manner as a hind leg ham, giving it that great ham-like flavour. Your local Lococo’s has a fantastic sale on Springer’s Smoked Picnic Hams for $2.99 / lb. We have a great recipe for you to try with these picnic hams that you can eat for breakfast, lunch, or dinner: Club Sandwich with Ham, Tomato, Cheese and ZEG sauce. Make sure you pick up a couple of these picnic hams, these sandwiches will go fast with ZEG Sauces on them! Enjoy! 🥪 ZEG sauces are a multiple use condiment sauce that can be used on any food around the world. 🥪 You can use ZEG sauces for basting, marinating, spreading, as a side dipping sauce, or dressing) the options are unlimited. 🥪 Use ZEG sauces on everything from chicken, pork, and beef to vegetables, rice, and tofu. |
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