• Rediphile
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    4 months ago

    All ham is processed isn’t it? Salted and smoked.

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      4 months ago

      You can get uncured ham – it’s a reference to the cut of meat. In this case, the “butt” of the pig just above the rear leg.

      Source: grew up on pig farm

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        4 months ago

        Ahh thanks for clarifying. But the devil advocate in me is thinking ‘If it’s been cut, it’s been processed’

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          By that logic a steak is processed beef. But yeah there’s a bit of a subjective line in the sand - all food goes through a process of some sort. Even veggies have to be picked, sorted, and washed.

          Generally what is meant by processed is either food that’s undergone a preservative process or food with additives to make a secondary product. Like American cheese is processed cheese because it has additives after the original cheese process.

          Generally butchery or packaging is not the colloquial bar for ‘processed’.