difference between Pork & Ham ?

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+ Ive been doing my own cooking for many years, but, it
just occurred to me last night... Pork has a white color...
Ham has a red color - but, both are from pigs. How does
this work ?

True, turkeys contain both white and dark meat... but,
every beef product Ive ever seen was red meat.

Can anybody explain the difference between white pork
and red ?

thanks

Read:
http://schmidling.com/ham.htm

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+ Ive been doing my own cooking for many years, but, it
just occurred to me last night... Pork has a white color...
Ham has a red color - but, both are from pigs. How does
this work ?

True, turkeys contain both white and dark meat... but,
every beef product Ive ever seen was red meat.

Can anybody explain the difference between white pork
and red ?

thanks

Read:
http://schmidling.com/ham.htm

Good link.

I like to use cottage rolls (cottage hams) for my dutch pea soup when I
can't find a nice ham hock. I've never brined my own but I usuualy get
oversized rolls so I have leftovers for breakfast.

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Read:
http://schmidling.com/ham.htm

Good link.

The link is wrong about ham being traditionally made from the forelegs.
"Ham" refers to the thigh - the upper part of the hind leg. You do see
"picnic hams" made from part of the shoulder, but the vast majority of
hams are made from the actual ham. Picnic shoulder is inaccurate
nomenclature but is used because most Americans think that "ham" means
smoked and/or cured pork. To avoid confusion, an uncured/smoked ham is
usually called a fresh ham.

Anyhoo, it's the curing - sodium nitrate I believe - that imparts the
pinkish color to "ham."

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Peter Aitken

All ham is pork, but not all pork is ham. This concludes the most
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Christopher Helms said:

All ham is pork, but not all pork is ham. This concludes the most
useless post I have put up all day.

From Wikipedia:

"Technically, ham is the thigh and rump of any animal that is
slaughtered for meat, but the term is usually restricted to a cut of
pork, the haunch of a pig or boar."

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Christopher Helms said:

All ham is pork, but not all pork is ham. This concludes the most
useless post I have put up all day.

I've seen Turkey hams for sale.

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Omelet said:

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Christopher Helms said:

All ham is pork, but not all pork is ham. This concludes the most
useless post I have put up all day.

I've seen Turkey hams for sale.

But those are made from breast meat, not turkey hams.

--Blair
"They's jackasses in the turkey bidness."

Al Fansome said:

Christopher Helms said:

All ham is pork, but not all pork is ham. This concludes the most
useless post I have put up all day.

From Wikipedia:

"Technically, ham is the thigh and rump of any animal that is
slaughtered for meat, but the term is usually restricted to a cut of
pork, the haunch of a pig or boar."

somehow, i first read 'pig or boar' as 'polar bear.'

your pal,
blake

Blair P. Houghton said:

Omelet said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Christopher Helms said:

All ham is pork, but not all pork is ham. This concludes the most
useless post I have put up all day.

I've seen Turkey hams for sale.

But those are made from breast meat, not turkey hams.

Turkey ham must be made from thigh meat according to the USDA.
Otherwise it can't use the term "ham".

-sw

Quoted message said:

+ Ive been doing my own cooking for many years, but, it
just occurred to me last night...Porkhas a white color...Hamhas a red color - but, both are from pigs. How does
this work ?

True, turkeys contain both white and dark meat... but,
every beef product Ive ever seen was red meat.

Can anybody explain the difference between whitepork
and red ?

thanks

thanks for all the excellent answers !