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YEAR PIG [3 records]

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 2004-03-23

English

Subject field(s)
  • Meats and Meat Industries
  • Slaughterhouses
CONT

In order to ensure remunerative price to pig producers, bacon and pork processing plants were set up during Fourth Five Year Plan in different States in public sector. Apart from this, 150 meat processing plants which are mainly processing pork and pork products like sausages, bacon and ham are functioning on small scale in the private sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Salaison, boucherie et charcuterie
  • Abattoirs
CONT

La transformation du porc est un secteur difficile. Le roulement du personnel est élevé et la formation, coûteuse. En outre, la découpe de la viande peut être dangereuse. Un engagement envers l'efficacité, la qualité et l'hygiène est indispensable pour demeurer rentable. Soucieux de recourir aux technologies les plus modernes, un des chefs de file de ce marché a entrepris de «dégraisser» ses opérations en automatisant les principales étapes de la transformation du porc.

Spanish

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Record 3 1995-06-08

English

Subject field(s)
  • Astrology
OBS

... the pig holds the twelfth position in the zodiac cycle. Each zodiac animal has a unique temperment and set of characteristics. In Chinese astrology, the year of birth is regarded as having the strongest influence on an individual, followed by the month, day and hour of birth.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Astrologie
OBS

Cochon, douzième et dernier signe de l'astrologie chinoise ...

Key term(s)
  • année du Sanglier
  • année du Porc

Spanish

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