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Complex
Published 1973
The ham, or leg of pork, is an enormous piece of meat, but it can almost always be bought in shank or butt halves. The shank half is the more attractive for this roast. Shoulder is a bit cheaper than the leg and more difficult to bone, but the flavor and texture of the meat is essentially the same. Shoulder is not, strictly speaking, “ham,” whether fresh or smoked, but it is labeled that way in many markets. Others label it calas or collie and in some regions it is a hand</
