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Skinless - Shankless Hams - Sugar Cured Too ? Sugar cured and more. You bet!! Who would think there would be this many types of ham and ham products? Reading through my archives section in the right column of my blog, will show you all of the different types. Searching For Cookware? SKINLESS, SHANKLESS - A ham with all of the skin and the shank removed. The leg bone and aitch (hip) bone remain. SUGAR CURED - a term that may appear on ham labels if cane or beet sugar is at least half the sweetening ingredients used and if the sugar is used in an amount sufficient to flavor and/or affect the appearance of the finished product. Most hams contain sugar in the curing mixture. WESTPHALIAN HAM - A German-style dry cured ham that is similar to Prosciutto; smoked, sometimes with juniper berries. Also called Westfalischer Schinken. Posted: Tuesday 15th February 2005, 12:51 AM

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