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Christine Dabney
 
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Hiya all,

I got curious, and decided to google for the definition of a
Smithfield ham.

This supposedly is the official definition of a Smithfield ham, so I
was correct after all, for the most part.

"Genuine Smithfield hams [are those] cut from the carcasses of
peanut-fed hogs, raised in the peanut-belt of the State of Virginia or
the State of North Carolina, and which are cured, treated, smoked, and
processed in the town of Smithfield, in the State of Virginia."
1926 Statute passed by General Assembly of Virginia