Glossary entry

Spanish term or phrase:

cara de jamón

English translation:

face of ham

Added to glossary by Edward Tully
Jun 25, 2009 10:20
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Spanish term

cara de jamón

Spanish to English Other Food & Drink meat
Hi, I´m looking for translation for "cara de jamón" in contrast to the dorsal side of ham. The text is about spanish cured pork hams (serrano, iberico, etc..).
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Jun 30, 2009 08:16: Edward Tully Created KOG entry

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Joaninha (asker) Jun 25, 2009:
Sandra, serrano and iberico hams are typical Spanish cured products. When the ham is cured it can be sold as a “whole leg ham” or boneless ham.
To be boneless it needs to suffer several stages: deshuesado – limpieza de la cara del jamón – limpieza de la grasa dorsal – envasado al vacío – etiquetado.

That’s the only context that I have, cleaning of both sides of ham…dorsal and… ventral side??
Can it be?
Sandra Holt Jun 25, 2009:
More context please. Hi Joaninha, can you give us some more text please. Thanks.

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face of ham

could it be this literal?
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32-the Bryan Times, Wednesday, April 8, 1981 .Ham Is Most Popular ... Pork Is a "nutrientdense" food, meaning It's high In nutrients for the calories consumed. ... Cover face of ham with aluminum foil to keep It moist. ...
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Dry Cured Country Ham; Simmer or Bake - SurfTalk 15 posts - 8 authors - Last post: 20 Mar 2007
move face of ham and any mold that may have formed on the skin. ... I just finished the one I was supposed to take to Food fling. ...
www.stripersonline.com/surftalk/showthread.php?t=522327 - Cached - Similar
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Processed Meats - Google Books Result by Albert Marchant Pearson, T. A. Gillett - 1999 - Technology & Engineering - 448 pages
Thickness from face of ham to back of ham skin. ' Curing temperature at 36°-40°F. the early phases of curing. Thus, the nitrite derived from reduction of ...
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maza/contramaza/babilla (with explanatory note)

especially when referring to iberian hams, perhaps the Spanish term with a footnote would work....

Different types of ham: white ham (serrano ham-cured ham); iberian ham (acorn, recebo, pienso - bodega - campo - origin). Jamón Ibérico Bellota.
www.lopezortega.com/files/knowwhat_parts.php
Note from asker:
Cesar, thank´s for this link, I´ve allready seen this page, all these ham parts (babilla, maza, contramaza, etc... ) constitue together "cara de jamón", so it´s this general term that I´m looking for.
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upper side of ham

"Moreover, the conventional blade penetrates with the same force both at the upper side of the ham, where cutting of the head of the bone is required, and at the lower side of the ham, where breakage of the bone is instead undesirable, since it disseminates splinters in the meat."

"BAKED HAM WITH MUSTARD AND MARJORAM:
Trim any tough rind and fat from upper side of ham, leaving 1/4-inch-thick layer of fat." (recipe)
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outer appearance

El jamón serrano
Ham is the result of curing (salting and drying) the hind leg of a pig. Serrano means "from the sierra", referring to the mountainous areas that are the best places for curing hams. The product is known as a shoulder when it is made with the foreleg.

Outer appearance
Serrano hams are sold in several formats:

V-shaped cut (with and without hoof)
Round cut (with and without hoof)
Boned (with skin or without skin or outer fat)
Sliced.

Characteristics of the raw material

Serrano ham (left) and hams in a drying room (right)
Photo: Consorcio del Jamón Serrano EspañolHams are the hind legs of pigs. They include the hip, femur, patella, tibia, fibula, tarsal bones and, optionally, metatarsals and phalanges, and the muscle and fat surrounding them.

The entire curing process, from slaughter to drying, takes place according to current European Union legislation (Directives 64/433/CEE and 77/99/CEE).

The most commonly used breeds are Duroc, Pietrain, Landrace and Large White, fed a diet of compound feeds made mostly of cereals. The pigs do not necessarily have to be of Spanish origin; the jamón serrano TSG is a EU regulation that covers only the processing method.
http://www.ibergour.co.uk/en/jamon/jamon_serrano.html



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2 hrs

inner side of the ham

that's what it seems like to me; and "outer side" for the "dorsal" part

may be useful:
http://www.ibericofoods.com/carving_your_ham.php
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