What are the three big hams in China?

Yunnan Xuanwei Ham, Zhejiang Jinhua Ham and Jiangsu Rugao Ham are also called "the three famous legs of China".

1. Jinhua ham

Nowadays, Jinhua ham has become a gourmet business card of Jinhua, a famous specialty. Bright color, red and white, fat but not greasy, delicious. Jinhua ham is fermented in the production process, and its nutrients are more easily absorbed by the human body, which has the effects of nourishing the stomach, promoting fluid production and strengthening the body.

2. Xuanwei ham

One of Yunnan's famous specialties, produced in Xuanwei City, Qujing City. The longer the year, the richer the taste. It has the same effect as Jinhua ham. The only difference is that Xuanwei ham is rich in fat and grease. Xuanwei ham is very famous in the "ham world", also called "cloud leg".

3. Rugao ham

Rugao ham was made in Qing Dynasty 185 1. Delicious taste and unique flavor. It is famous at home and abroad for its color and taste. After cutting the inside, the processed Rugao ham is bright in color and pink in meat. Rugao is a place name. There are dozens of ham processing enterprises in this city.

Ham source:

Ham originated in China before the Tang Dynasty. In Compendium of Materia Medica by Chen Zangqi in the Tang Dynasty, it was described that "it is better to produce Jinhua when you are on the same leg". The word "ham" first appeared in the Northern Song Dynasty. Su Dongpo clearly recorded the practice of ham in his book Talking about Things and Diet. "Ham is cooked with pig pancreas, and the oil is gone. Ham in the valley, not oily for decades, a bran cloud. "