What is the difference between ham and prosciutto?
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keithold thanks all baggers
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Prosciutto is a specially cured kind of ham that is produced in northern Italy, and closely regulated by the Italian government to meet strict criteria.
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prosciutto is aged and cured. I know an old italian lady who hangs a chunk of pig leg in her cellar until it grows a long beard of mold on it, can't remember how long, but it takes months
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prosciutto is dry
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The way it is processed and the taste.
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Prosciutto is the Italian word for ham.There is no difference between them.
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prosciuto is cured ham it's drier than ordinary ham but prosciuto means ham in Italian
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Ham is a moister product. Prosciutto is salted and dried for a very long time. It concentrates the flavors. Plus what the pigs is is different. Ham pigs can eat just about anything. And then hams can be water added and cured or they can be cured and smoked. But they never get to the dryness that prosciutto does.
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