HAM-burg

HAM-burg

The following personal favourites are available at The Cold Storage:

Tierney's gourmet picnic ham
Pan-Pacific's honey-baked ham

US smoked ham at SGD 30/kg (bloody expensive), but it taste heavenly.

i go weak in the knees i tell you, at the abovementioned...yumyum!

What is HAM?

Ham is meat from the hind leg or shoulder of a pig that’s cured to stop the growth of spoilage bacteria. Salt in the cure helps prevent spoilage because it draws water out of the food, so the bacteria don’t have the moisture they need to thrive.

Types of HAM

York Ham
From England, this mild-flavored ham has delicate pink meat and must be cooked like country-cured ham before eating. It is traditionally served with Madeira Sauce.


Picnic Ham
Meat from the upper part of the foreleg of the hog, including a portion of the shoulder. It is not a true ham, but a less expensive substitute for regular ham, although less tender in texture. It is also referred to as picnic shoulder or pork shoulder. They can be fresh or smoked. Smoked picnic hams are very similar to traditional hams.


Prosciutto
Italian ham. The meat is seasoned, salt-cured, and air-dried. It is not smoked. The meat is pressed into a dense, firm texure. Parma ham is true prosciutto. Other varieties are now made in the USA. Italian prosciuttos include prosciutto cotto (cooked) and prosciutto crudo (uncooked, but cured and ready to eat). Others are named for the region in Italy in which they were made. Prosciutto is generally eaten as-is or added during the last cooking stages. Extended cooking of prosciutto toughens the meat.


Scotch Ham
Once made in Scotland, this term now refers to uncooked, boneless, mildly cured hams sold in casings.


Westphalian Ham
Made from pigs fed with acorns in the Westphalia forest of Germany. It is cured and then slowly smoked over a mixture of beechwood and juniper woods, resulting in a very dark brown, dense ham with a light smoky flavor. It is considered one of the best and as such is pricey. Black Forest ham is similar.


Irish Ham
Belfast is famous for their pickled or brined hams, but what gives them their own unique flavor is the process of smoking over peat fires. Like country-cured hams, they must be soaked, scrubbed, simmered and then baked before eating.