# What is ham?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-ham/197892>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 27, 2003, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-ham/197892 "2003-08-27T03:20:07Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![alimarx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e274bd/32.png) [@alimarx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alimarx)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-ham/197892/21 "2003-08-27T16:10:11Z")

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What about Birming **ham**?

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**Author:** ![RiverRunner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/977dab/32.png) [@RiverRunner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RiverRunner)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-ham/197892/22 "2003-08-27T18:49:52Z")

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Ham is Spam with the spices removed.

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**Author:** ![Dogface](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9d8465/32.png) [@Dogface](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogface)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2003, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-ham/197892/23 "2003-08-27T20:30:04Z")

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Birminghamlet.

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