Which part of a pig is gammon?

hind legs
Both gammon and ham are cuts from the hind legs of a pig, and are either salted, brined, or smoked.

What’s the difference between pork ham and gammon?

The answer is – not much! Both of these delicious and versatile cuts are taken from the pig’s hind legs. Gammon is meat that has been cured (by being salted, brined or smoked) and sold raw, whereas Ham is meat that has been dry-cured or cooked, and is sold ready to eat.

What’s the difference between bacon and gammon?

A bacon joint is a piece of cured pork, made with any cut of meat, unlike gammon. Correctly, gammon is the hind leg cut from a side of bacon after curing and traditionally the cure should be the mildest, but we are getting into the habit of calling any bacon joint suitable for boiling and baking a piece of gammon.

Why is gammon different to pork?

Gammon is the hind leg of pork after it has been cured by dry-salting or brining, which may or may not be smoked. Like bacon, it must be cooked before it can be eaten; in that sense gammon is comparable to fresh pork meat, and different from dry-cured ham like prosciutto.

Is pork shoulder a gammon?

Cut. One difference between ham and cured pork shoulder is where on the animal — also known as the “cut” — the meat comes from. True hams come from a pig’s hind leg, whereas pork shoulders, as you might expect, are from high on the pig’s front leg near the shoulder blade.

Why is Gammon different to pork?

What part of the pig is pork?

The Pork Butt actually comes from the shoulder of the pig. It includes the neck, shoulder blade, and upper arm of the pig. As you might know, the Pork Butt is a moderately tough cut of meat that is ideal for slow roasting, braising or smoking.

What part of a pig does a ham come from?

leg
Another common cut of pork comes from the leg – ham. Groceries tend to have a wide selection of ham products available – from whole hams to ham sliced for deli meat. All of these come from the leg of the pig. Ham is often cured, smoked or processed before purchase.

Is ham different from pork?

Ham is pork from a leg cut that has been preserved by wet or dry curing, with or without smoking. As a processed meat, the term “ham” includes both whole cuts of meat and ones that have been mechanically formed.

Why is gammon not called pork?

What is gammon called in Ireland?

Cant
Gammon, which is also called Cant, is a mixed language with heavy influences from Irish and Hiberno-English and is a part of Traveller culture.