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Invention apparently from a popular minstrel.

Where does ham come from. Where does the expression he s a ham come from. Ham is pork from a leg cut that has been preserved by wet or dry curing with or without smoking. Tapping out such a long name in code soon became tiresome and.

Ham in the sense performer who overacts first recorded in the late 19th century apparently comes from an earlier hamfatter bad actor which may have been inspired by the negro minstrel song the ham fat man. Heinrich rudolf hertz edwin armstrong and guglielmo marconi. As a processed meat the term ham includes both whole cuts of meat and ones that have been mechanically formed.

The ham hock which is used extensively in southern u s. As such jamón ibérico is the dry cured ham produced from livestock of said breeds. At first they called their station hyman almy murray.

Ham is globally produced with emphasis on cultural specialties for example prosciutto speck or jamon serrano ham curing can be 8 months to 2 years. Hyman bob almy and poogie murray. They were albert s.

Posted by bob on july 14 2007. It s a mid 19th c. John ayto word origins second edition 2005 includes this comment in its entry for ham.

Fresh hams are usually roasted but they can be cut into ham steaks as well. So i think we have reason to doubt that it is an acronym even if we can t prove it just yet. If hard as a m is a definition for going ham that differs from what i thought it was then we need to figure out where it comes from.

Ham fat or the ham fat man. Serrano ham and prosciutto are made from hams that are cured smoked and then air dried. However this cannot be the source of the term as armstrong was an unknown high school student when the term first appeared.

It is sometimes claimed that ham came from the first letter from the last names of three radio pioneers. Ham is the raw rear leg rump to shank of a hog which is preserved by smoking dry curing or wet curing. Pork products made from black iberian breed pigs receive the ibérico a denomination.

According to spain s denominación de origen rules and current regulations on jamón jamón ibérico must be made from pure breed or cross bred pigs as long as they are at least 50 black iberian in their. The word ham as applied to 1908 was the station call of the first amateur wireless stations operated by some amateurs of the harvard radio club. This bolsters ilythya s answer.

Ham is made around the world including a number of regional specialties such as westphalian ham and some varieties of spanish jamón in addition numerous ham products have specific. With the latter we have to ask if it can be pronounced like ham is. Ham posted by mandy on july 14 2007.

Cuisine is taken from the joint at the shank end of the ham where it joins the foot.