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Subelement P1

HAM VARIETIES AND CLASSIFICATIONS

Section P1C

International ham specialties

Which country produces Jinhua ham, a dry-cured ham that's considered one of the four most famous hams in the world?

  • Italy
  • Correct Answer
    China
  • Spain
  • Hungary
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What makes Jamón Ibérico de Bellota the most prized Spanish ham?

  • Correct Answer
    It comes from acorn-fed Iberian pigs
  • It's cured for exactly 5 years
  • It's smoked with rare Spanish oak
  • It's rubbed with saffron during curing
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Which European ham requires a minimum of 210 days of aging according to its PDO specifications?

  • Black Forest ham
  • Speck Alto Adige
  • Correct Answer
    Parma ham
  • Bayonne ham
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What traditional Korean ham dish consists of steamed pork belly served with fermented shrimp sauce?

  • Samgyetang
  • Bulgogi
  • Galbi
  • Correct Answer
    Bossam
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Which country is known for its Christmas tradition of serving julskinka, a boiled and roasted ham often coated with mustard and breadcrumbs?

  • Germany
  • Correct Answer
    Sweden
  • Poland
  • Russia
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What distinguishes Hungarian Mangalica ham from other European varieties?

  • It's always heavily smoked
  • It's cured with paprika only
  • Correct Answer
    It comes from woolly pigs with high fat content
  • It's aged in underground caves for a minimum of 3 years
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Which Portuguese ham is made from black Alentejano pigs and dry-cured similarly to Spanish jamón?

  • Correct Answer
    Presunto
  • Linguiça
  • Chouriço
  • Alheira
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What is unique about the production of German Westphalian ham?

  • It's always sold in a can
  • It's made only from wild boars
  • It's cured with fruit juices instead of salt
  • Correct Answer
    It's smoked over a mixture of beechwood and juniper branches
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