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An air-dried, salt cured, uncooked ham from Belgium, which is sliced thinly for serving and has an appearance and flavor that is similar to Italian prosciutto ham.

Cuts of pork, such as hams, pork chops and bacon that have been cured with smoldering, aromatic wood.

Serrano is a Spanish word meaning "mountain", which is the area that provides the ideal processing conditions for the Serrano ham.

Also referred to as center cut ham steak, this cut is approximately ½ to 1 inch thick and is sliced from the center of the leg primal cut.

Lean, highly seasoned pork that is served in the southern United States and most often associated with Cajun cuisine.

A thick slice of ham that is circular in shape and may have the shank bone in the center.

Also known as boiled ham, the meat is cured, shaped, and cooked in steam or water. It is then packaged whole or sliced and sold as luncheon meat.

A variety of soup with two common ingredients that go well together to create a popular soup for all ages.

A typical type of Chowder that is made with a greater abundance of solid ingredients than liquid ingredients.

A meat product made from the thigh meat of a turkey. It is cured and smoked, which allows it to be eaten right from the package if desired.

A pork cut taken from the ankle joint on the leg of a pig, most often the foreleg. Ham Hocks are available fresh, smoked or cured.

A processed cut taken from the top half of the leg. The butt end is meatier but contains more fat than the shank end of the whole ham and is harder to carve because it contains the hip and pelvic bone.

A cut from the top end of the shoulder, known as the shoulder butt, which has been cured in brine. A cottage ham is uncooked.

A cut of pork that is taken from the meat on the middle part of the shank bone extending to the hip bone on the hind leg of the hog.

A thick soup that may appear similar to a chowder, containing a larger proportion of solid ingredients and a smaller amount of liquid broth.

A processed cut taken from the bottom half of the leg. The shank end contains less fat, is not as meaty as the butt end, but it contains only one leg bone, making it easier to carve.

Refers to the smaller cuts of meat obtained from the larger primal cuts of an animal. For example, a beef chuck primal cut can be divided into the arm section and the blade section and from these sub-primals are cut the smaller market ready roasts and steaks.

Often referred to as "summer sausage" or "blockwurst", Cervelat is a mildly seasoned sausage made from chopped pork or from a combination of chopped pork and beef.

A traditional French soup that combines fresh peas and water with finely chopped shallots to make a thick creamy soup.

A term customarily applied to the meat of a pig that is under a year old. The pig carcass is generally split into two sides of pork; each consisting of four primal cuts known as the shoulder, loin, leg/ham, and side/belly.