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Default difference between Pork & Ham ?

Christopher Helms wrote:
> All ham is pork, but not all pork is ham. This concludes the most
> useless post I have put up all day.
>

From Wikipedia:

"Technically, ham is the thigh and rump of any animal that is
slaughtered for meat, but the term is usually restricted to a cut of
pork, the haunch of a pig or boar."