What Part Of The Pig Does Ham Come From

Camila Farah

Hi the ham comes from the back legs of the pig. Pork loin going back a little we find the loin. Pork shank is a cut of meat taken from the lower portion of a ham.

City hams are typically cut into two parts or halves.

In plain english the ham comes from the pig s buttock and thigh or thigh. In scotland we say ham and eggs for breakfast whereas the english would say bacon and eggs when we both. Front hock usually sold as a ham hock in the store and come typically already brined and smoked. It began to refer to the cut of pork derived from the hind leg of a pig around the 15th century.

These come directly off the picnic ham. While the shank end is the iconic ham the one norman rockwell would have painted its meat is a bit chewier because the muscles in the shank end got a workout hauling the pig around all day. Traditionally the word ham is reserved for a pig s back thighs and leg region and usually comes in three sections one of which is the shank. Fresh hams are usually roasted but they can be cut into ham steaks as well.

1410b also covers chops from the extreme shoulder end not shown here but similar to the sirloin end chops. Basically it s from the brisket area of the pig if pigs had brisket it s basically a bone in brisket says mylan. The front legs being called the shoulder. You get the front part of the spareribs with a lot of meat.

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A shoulder comes from the same place on the front leg. Depends on which country produces the ham and for what market and type of ham. The butt end from up on the hip and the shank end from down on the leg. Serrano ham and prosciutto are made from hams that are cured smoked and then air dried.

The ham hock which is used extensively in southern u s. Pork steaks come from the boston butt or pork blade steak areas of a hog so in other words they are cut from the shoulder of the pig around 1 2 to 3 4 of an inch thick. The photo shows pork chops from three positions on the loin. A ham comes from the upper part of a pig s hind leg.

Cuisine is taken from the joint at the shank end of the ham where it joins the foot. To the left is from the shoulder end 1410a rib chops center cut 1412 in the middle and sirloin end 1410b end chops on the right. The modern word ham is derived from the old english ham or hom meaning the hollow or bend of the knee from a germanic base where it meant crooked.