# Pork is preserved by making it into ham. Why aren't other kinds of meats preserved in that same way? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** food-cooking\ **Created:** [October 3, 2022, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-is-preserved-by-making-it-into-ham-why-arent-other-kinds-of-meats-preserved-in-that-same-way/972637 "2022-10-03T14:58:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-is-preserved-by-making-it-into-ham-why-arent-other-kinds-of-meats-preserved-in-that-same-way/972637/61 "2022-10-05T01:45:17Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > Okay, now I’m hungry for a sausage plate and beer. Appropriate month for that. ---
**Author:** ![WellHelloThere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9dc877/32.png) [@WellHelloThere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WellHelloThere)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-is-preserved-by-making-it-into-ham-why-arent-other-kinds-of-meats-preserved-in-that-same-way/972637/62 "2022-10-05T03:08:37Z")
Its a brisket, yeah ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2022, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-is-preserved-by-making-it-into-ham-why-arent-other-kinds-of-meats-preserved-in-that-same-way/972637/63 "2022-10-11T21:30:04Z")
@TriPolar’s right- pastrami is for all intents and purposes, corned beef that’s been coated in a mixture of coriander and black pepper, and then smoked. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [October 11, 2022, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-is-preserved-by-making-it-into-ham-why-arent-other-kinds-of-meats-preserved-in-that-same-way/972637/64 "2022-10-11T21:34:08Z")
> [@pulykamell](#): > > There’s pastirma/basturma from the Turkey to Armenia-ish region. I went to a place in Hollywood and asked for basturma. The woman working there asked if I were Russian, or Armenian. (I have brown hair and blue eyes.) ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2022, 5:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-is-preserved-by-making-it-into-ham-why-arent-other-kinds-of-meats-preserved-in-that-same-way/972637/65 "2022-10-12T05:07:05Z")
> [@bump](#): > > pastrami is for all intents and purposes, corned beef that’s been coated in a mixture of coriander and black pepper, and then smoked. Which makes all the difference in the world. **DesertRoomie** adores corned beef and cabbage so on St. Patrick’s Day we hie to a local NYC-style deli that offers an AYCE dinner of the stuff. Me? I order their pastrami sandwich with extra meat instead and snarf a slice or two of her soda bread. I have wondered from time to time why you never see pastrami hash instead of the inevitable corned beef. ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2022, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-is-preserved-by-making-it-into-ham-why-arent-other-kinds-of-meats-preserved-in-that-same-way/972637/66 "2022-10-12T13:37:18Z")
It’s pretty good if you put it on a pizza and cook it a little bit. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2022, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-is-preserved-by-making-it-into-ham-why-arent-other-kinds-of-meats-preserved-in-that-same-way/972637/67 "2022-10-12T14:23:55Z")
I have considered making pastrami hash but could never resist eating good pastrami in a sandwich with Cole slaw and Russian dressing (although these days I use Ukrainian dressing). ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2022, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-is-preserved-by-making-it-into-ham-why-arent-other-kinds-of-meats-preserved-in-that-same-way/972637/68 "2022-10-12T18:02:08Z")
That might be it. Probably the same reason you never see bacon hash. ---
**Author:** ![WellHelloThere](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/9dc877/32.png) [@WellHelloThere](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WellHelloThere)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2022, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-is-preserved-by-making-it-into-ham-why-arent-other-kinds-of-meats-preserved-in-that-same-way/972637/69 "2022-10-12T18:19:00Z")
Yeah, I could see that working. The cooking really brings out the saltiness, I ate a piece and it was like drinking water from the ocean. ---
**Author:** ![sitchensis](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sitchensis/32/4892_2.png) [@sitchensis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sitchensis)\ **Post date:** [October 12, 2022, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-is-preserved-by-making-it-into-ham-why-arent-other-kinds-of-meats-preserved-in-that-same-way/972637/70 "2022-10-12T18:34:04Z")
Hash is the leftovers from a boiled dinner. Many older hash recipes are basically a thick stew using a roux with the stock and everything chopped up in it. Sunday’s corned beef/ham/roast boiled dinner becomes Monday’s hash. I’m guessing smoked meat wouldn’t have the veggies and stock to make the hash. Leftover smoked meats became sandwiches. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-is-preserved-by-making-it-into-ham-why-arent-other-kinds-of-meats-preserved-in-that-same-way/972637/71 "2022-10-16T15:37:51Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > Probably the same reason you never see bacon hash. You do at Casa De Shoe from time to time. Leftover potatoes, sliced/diced + bacon + onion (+ possibly some butter) and then maybe some garlic thrown in towards the end. > [@TriPolar](#): > > good pastrami in a sandwich with Cole slaw and Russian dressing (although these days I use Ukrainian dressing). Okay, that was funny. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pork-is-preserved-by-making-it-into-ham-why-arent-other-kinds-of-meats-preserved-in-that-same-way/972637.md?page=3)