which cuts are these?

[markjass]

The last two cuts from half a pig. What are they?

This came off the rear leg or ham. It was attached to a much larger muscle. At the moment I am brining it for a couple of days. I am then going to cover it in a hot spicy mix, then hot smoke it.




The other one came from the head is it the jowl. was going to make some bacon out of it, but I did not vac pac it very well as it has a bit of freezer burn. I resealed the frozen cut and will use it in a stew.

[ssorllih]

In the ham there are 3 major muscles. In beef they are equivalent to the top round, bottom round and eye round. The top round will be a large thick crescent, the bottom round is smaller and a trapezoid and the eye round is nearly circular and the smallest of the three.