Nominate some HAMS for my forthcoming "best ham in the world" poll extravaganza!

So far on top of my head we have the big ol' classics: Iberico, Serrano, Parma, San Daniele, Bayonne.
What am I missing?

are there any good german ones

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Would one count prosciutto as a ham?

i think parma = proscuitto?

Yeah I just realised that (we dont call it parma here).

parma and san daniele are types of prosciuttos (which just means ham). TBH I'm only thinking of dry hams here.

Shropshire (cooked ham cured in treacle, very good)

And we are definitely missing Speck

speck is not really ham is it? The same way that bresaola isn't

Speck is definitely ham, it is basically smoked prosciutto. Bresaola is not ham because it is beef.

haha - I stand corrected

Richard E. Grant

Presunto de Barrancos!

are there any good german ones

Yes. Black Forest ham.

Black Forest ham (the stuff you get in packets here is way chemically but the stuff you get in Germany is <3, German hotel breakfasts are all smoked ham and salami and smoked trout, A+++ awesome way to start the day. apart from the bread, which resembles eating breezeblocks)

xposted! bah.

Yeah, you gotta get your Black Forest ham from Germany. Except no substitue!

Is it not a wet ham tho?

Yes it is, you can ignore it in you poll, I was just getting over excited about HAM!

OK, now I'm hungry.

So German dry ham = Westphalian yes?

I thought it was dry-cured. I'm not sure I understand the difference though. I would eat ALL the hams, wet or otherwise. (Not many British dry-cured hams if I am understanding the difference correctly but I would eat all ours too, nom nom.)

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And Schinkenspeck apparantly, but I've never had that.

There are plenty of british dry cured hams but not many raw dry cured hams. York Ham is an example of a british dry cure.

Wow, I love dry ham as much as I hate wet hams

as a rule of thumb: pink ham = wet / dark red ham = dry

nope

pink ham = cooked, red ham = raw although there are no raw wet hams AFAIK.

Black Forest is dry I can now confirm, but I can see why I might get confused. Basically no liquid used to cure it, right?

yeah thats right - im actually more concerned with the raw/cooked dichotomy

The only raw wet ham I can think of is the one my mother-in-law served a few christmases ago.

My stomach is cramping just thinking about it...

Do people here think Iberico is really the King of Hams™?

I am very keen on the acorn fed ibericos you get but I'm not sure if it is the absolute King.

mmmmmmmm

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I could eat all of these hamz

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I had some pretty tasty Wiltshire ham yesterday

Tottenham's last 15 league finishes (i.e. since the Prem started):

8, 15, 7, 8, 10, 14, 11, 10, 12, 9, 10, 14, 9, 5, 5

How anyone can want the manager sacked after looking at that is beyond me.

― onimo, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 12:46 (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

and spurs were only 5th a couple of years ago due to food poisoning.

― ken c, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 12:47 (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

and failure to beat west ham.

― darraghmac, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 12:55 (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

or failure to eat best ham, i think you mean.

― ken c, Wednesday, 22 August 2007 13:00 (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

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