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Ham Tin
Ham Tin () or Ham Tin Tsuen () is a village facing Ham Tin Wan (), one of the four main bays of Tai Long Wan (Sai Kung District), Tai Long Wan, in the Sai Kung District of Hong Kong. Geography Ham Tin is located in eastern Sai Kung District, Sai Kung. The Ham Tin area is set in a rural landscape, surrounded by mountains, with one main river flowing directly into Ham Tin Wan. There are four villages with over 200 years of history in Tai Long Wan including Tai Long Village, Lam Uk Wai, Cheung Uk Wai and Ham Tin Village. However, only Tai Long Village and Ham Tin Village still exist and the other two have been abandoned and became ruins. Administration Tai Long, including Lam Uk and Ham Tin, are recognized villages under the New Territories Small House Policy. History In the past, the people in Tai Long mainly relied on fishing and farming (e.g. rice and sugarcane) to earn a living. Lives were simple and tough; many of them walked 4 or 5 hours to Ngau Chi Wan in Kowloon in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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Ham is pork from a leg cut of pork, cut that has been food preservation, preserved by wet or dry Curing (food preservation), curing, with or without smoking (cooking), smoking."Bacon: Bacon and Ham Curing" in ''Chambers's Encyclopædia''. London: George Newnes Ltd, George Newnes, 1961, Vol. 2, p. 39. As a processed meat, the term "ham" includes both whole cuts of meat and ones that have been mechanically formed. Ham is made around the world, including a number of regional specialties, such as Westphalian ham and some varieties of Jamón, Spanish ''jamón''. In addition, numerous ham products have specific geographical naming protection, such as prosciutto di Parma in Europe, and Smithfield ham in the US. History The preserving of pork leg as ham has a long history, with traces of production of cured ham among the Etruscan civilization known in the 6th and 5th century BC. Cato the Elder wrote about the "salting of hams" in his ' tome around 160 BC. There are claims that t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
