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Difference between Gammon and Ham???
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Mr_Proctalgia
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I have been wondering about this - Whats the difference?
Is it the cut, or the method of preservation or what, usually I lurk around Morrisons butchers counter and try to snaffle some gammon joints when they are reduced but the other week I was in Sainsburys and they had what appeared to be really nice looking joints going for a quid so I bought two and did my usual thing of boiling them chilling and slicing, but they fell apart and were tasteless (They were in fact - reconstituted) :mad: So if any of you experts could help me I would be grateful as I'm missing me "Ham Butties" now!
Is it the cut, or the method of preservation or what, usually I lurk around Morrisons butchers counter and try to snaffle some gammon joints when they are reduced but the other week I was in Sainsburys and they had what appeared to be really nice looking joints going for a quid so I bought two and did my usual thing of boiling them chilling and slicing, but they fell apart and were tasteless (They were in fact - reconstituted) :mad: So if any of you experts could help me I would be grateful as I'm missing me "Ham Butties" now!
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gammon is a ham joint that hasn't been cookedIt doesn't matter if you are a glass half full or half empty sort of person. Keep it topped up! Cheers!0
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gammon is actually cured or smoked ham.It's not easy having a good time. Even smiling makes my face ache.0
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Now I'm really confused because I think that any bits of pig that are not raw I.E. Pork are cured anyway. By this I mean treated essentially with Salt Petre and other flavourings. So is Gammon double cured ham or what? All pork that is cured is pink - right? ? So Gammon is cured (and obviously Ham too) But what is the difference in reality?.The quicker you fall behind, the longer you have to catch up...0
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Thanks PW - I too was Googling around for an answer but it seems that there isn't one, its all pigs legs and smoke out there, I may try the Gammon in Coke recipe - It sounds facinating.
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I bought a piece of gammon at the farmers market yesterday. Popped it into the slow cooker in about an inch of water. Smothered it in some honey and cooked for 6 hours on medium (Morphy Richard's 6.6 ltr slow cooker). It was gorgeous and having had some for dinner it will also do us several more meals.Enjoying an MSE OS life0
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Mr_Proctalgia wrote:Thanks PW - I too was Googling around for an answer but it seems that there isn't one, its all pigs legs and smoke out there, I may try the Gammon in Coke recipe - It sounds facinating.
Do try the gammon in coca-cola - it gives the ham a lovely sweet 'honey' type glaze.
Back to your question...
Ham refers to the thigh cut of pork - this term would apply whether it had been cured or not. In general use however we only refer to the cured meat as ham.
Gammon refers specifically to a cured ham cut.
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Isn't the main difference that gammon is raw and ham is cooked? They are both cured,and made from the leg of the pig.0
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I may try the Gammon in Coke recipe - It sounds facinating.0
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I want to do jamie olivers jerk ham , but am confused about the jointsThe original janiebaby0
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