In article >,
"Kent" > wrote:

> "Dan Abel" > wrote in message
> ...

> > We buy uncooked hams. They are cheaper and taste better. In the US at
> > Easter time, they just about give them away, US$1.29 a pound, sometimes
> > less. The whole hams are the cheapest, but that's way more than we can
> > eat. The shank half is cheaper, but we tend to burn the bone, making
> > the house smell bad. So we usually get the butt half, which is the most
> > expensive.
> >
> >
> Do you mean uncured fresh ham? The cured uncooked ham I'm aware of in the
> U.S. are the
> dry cured Virginia hams and Smithfield Hams[a form of Virginia ham]. They're
> a lot more than $1.29/lb.


They are cured, but I suspect wet rather than dry.