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Pork is the fresh meat you get from a pig. Ham is pork which has been preserved with salt, sugar or a salt solution (brine) and then cooked, smoked, boiled or roasted.
Ham is the cut of meat from the pig that comes from the leg. "Picnic" ham is from the front leg and "Rump" ham is from the back leg.
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December 6, 2010
Pork is the fresh meat you get from a pig. Ham is pork which has been preserved with salt, sugar or a salt solution (brine) and then cooked, smoked, boiled or roasted.
December 9, 2010
Ham is the cut of meat from the pig that comes from the leg. "Picnic" ham is from the front leg and "Rump" ham is from the back leg.