By: Steve P

Steve P — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 13:04:19 +0000

Maybe it is a regional thing but here in New York we do occasionally use the word ham for uncured pork. Usually, ham here refers to cured ham, like boiled ham for cold cuts or a Virgina ham. But my mother used the terms Roast Pork, and Fresh ham interchangeably to mean uncured pork. If she just said she was making a ham, we knew it was a cured roast Virginia ham. But if she said fresh ham or roast pork, she meant uncured. Pork chops are uncured, if it’s cured its ham steaks.

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By: Steve P