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GAMMON [2 records]

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Record 1 2010-08-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meats and Meat Industries
DEF

Hind legs of bacon pig, cured while still part of the carcass.

CONT

Ham is a pig's hind leg, first cut off the carcass and then smoked, salted or dried(or a combination of these) for preservation. Gammon also comes from the hind leg but it is cured as part of a side of bacon and cut off after wards. Gammon may be smoked separately or left unsmoked but it is not matured long enough to have a strong ham flavor and does not keep for as long as ham, which is generally cured more slowly.

CONT

For those who are unaware Gammon is from an Old Northern French word "Gambe" for hind leg of the pig or ham. However, if one wants a whole ham then a ham is ordered, if one wants part of the ham(usually boned and rolled or cut into steaks) that portion of the ham is usually called Gammon. All of our hams and gammon are cured using the over 300 year old "Wiltshire Cure" method. [Text accompanied by illustrations]

French

Domaine(s)
  • Salaison, boucherie et charcuterie

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Industria cárnica, de fiambres y embutidos
OBS

No confundir con gamón que, en español, denomina una planta de la familia de las Liliáceas.

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Record 2 2001-12-05

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
CONT

Rival supermarket group Safeway is adding convenience to cooking joints of meat. Its new poultry, lamb, pork and gammon Easy Joints are packaged in oven-ready containers that can be taken straight from the regrigerator to the oven.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation

Spanish

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