Christine Dabney > writes:

>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

With absolutely no varifiable corroboration your definition amounts to
gibberish... also because what I believe you meant to write is "Smithfield
Ham", not "Smithfield ham". BIG difference.


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