Mommy, where does HAM come from??

Well, when a man and woman love each other a whole lot...

HAM: The meat cut from the thigh and buttocks of a slaughtered animal, usually pig. More often than not, HAM is cured. It can be dry-cured or wet-cured.
Dry-curing is done by putting the meat in a powdered mixture of salt, sodium nitrate, sodium nitrite. Wet-curing is done by injecting brine into the meat.

wet-cured=English Wiltshire Ham
dry-cured=Italian Prosciutto, England York Ham, German Westphalian Ham (smoked over Juniper)

courtesy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ham
and WILL!

Now I can breathe easy again knowing where ham comes from!