<P> Gammon is the hind leg of pork after it has been cured by dry - salting or brining . It may or may not be smoked . Like bacon, it needs to be cooked before it can be eaten . It may be sold on - the - bone or without bone, or as steaks or slices . It differs from ham in that ham is cured after being cut from the carcass and sold cooked, and the curing process for ham may be different . </P> <P> Gammon hock (or knuckle) is the foot end of the joint, and contains more connective tissue and sinew . </P>

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