Ham (meat)

Ham  is dried , salted or smoked meat of the thick part of the thigh of a pig .

In Eastern Netherlands is often says Schink or donate. In Flanders, the word for "ham" "ham" or "scale". In Limburg is called sjónk or sjink.

Sometimes other parts of the pig to be also something hamachtigs made ​​and sold as ham, such as shoulder. If the meat is cut into thick slices then called a pork steak, and it is further prepared with or without rind as part of a hot meal.

Known hams are:


 * Ardennes ham
 * Ibérico
 * ham
 * Coburger ham
 * Kempen Ham
 * Bayonne ham
 * Parma ham
 * Schwarzwalder ham
 * Serrano
 * Flemish dried ham
 * York ham