Why was there a hole that was plugged in my Chinese ham?
Hi everyone, got this Chinese ham from a dried goods store in a wet market in Singapore’s Chinatown. Noticed that it had a huge hole that was plugged by another chunk of ham and wondered if anyone here might know why this was done?
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Step 1: Cut a hole in the ham.
Step 2: Put your …… in the ham.
GruntCandy86 on
I’m going to say it was probably the hole left by a bone, and the meat cube is used to fill the gap left by deboning it.
CascadiaPolitics on
You needed to specify cabinet grade meat.
telupo on
Usually Chinese ham is sold bone in. Maybe that’s the reason
aquamanjosh on
They cut a slit and added more meat to get the correct weight? Used to work at a restaurant and sometimes they’d add a cube to a strip or Ribeye to make sure it was 14oz weight before cooking. Could be a simple thing like that rather than cyst removal lol
If there was a hole from bone, a removed cyst – or even just a knife slip – then rather than waste the entire cut, or process it into a cheaper form, some producers will patch it. Although usually much more neatly than this.
*Edit: that RD article actually has a fairly major factual error – “thrombin-fibrinogen” meat glue is banned in the EU, but [transglutaminase](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transglutaminase) is not and never has been.*
DaaiTaoFut on
It’s definitely from the bone.
Tillallareone82 on
It might be from tumors and cysts in the meat. I watched a video years ago of a butcher using a knife to pry out a gooey glob leaving a crater in the ham… 🤢🤮🤮 I could only eat poultry meat for years lol.
TheOddBaller69420 on
Because it’s made in China
hctive on
It’s a heavily recycled joke but:
Step 1: cut a hole in the ham
MundanePlantain1 on
Meat glue, its a manufactured product.
look it up on youtube, you can see how they assemble cheaper cuts into a more valuable product. Its not bad for you or anything – just a food industry practise.
Wizzle_Wazzle_WOO on
#AIDS.
GaiusPrimus on
I’ve worked in the meat industry for a long time, and while I can’t be 100% correct on this, what it looks to me is that there was a large kernel of fat there. So it was removed and replaced with meat.
An abscess is disgusting, and unless you are cutting something freeze dried, you will never save. It’s basically a bacteria balloon, it gets everywhere and it’s mostly pus and disease.
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to trick you into buying it.
Maybe removed a cyst?
https://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/1midby/was_cutting_up_some_beef_at_work_when_i_find_this/
Step 1: Cut a hole in the ham.
Step 2: Put your …… in the ham.
I’m going to say it was probably the hole left by a bone, and the meat cube is used to fill the gap left by deboning it.
You needed to specify cabinet grade meat.
Usually Chinese ham is sold bone in. Maybe that’s the reason
They cut a slit and added more meat to get the correct weight? Used to work at a restaurant and sometimes they’d add a cube to a strip or Ribeye to make sure it was 14oz weight before cooking. Could be a simple thing like that rather than cyst removal lol
There was an artery there
It’s not an entirely uncommon procedure in the west either – https://www.rd.com/article/meat-glue-ingredient-youre-eating/
If there was a hole from bone, a removed cyst – or even just a knife slip – then rather than waste the entire cut, or process it into a cheaper form, some producers will patch it. Although usually much more neatly than this.
*Edit: that RD article actually has a fairly major factual error – “thrombin-fibrinogen” meat glue is banned in the EU, but [transglutaminase](https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transglutaminase) is not and never has been.*
It’s definitely from the bone.
It might be from tumors and cysts in the meat. I watched a video years ago of a butcher using a knife to pry out a gooey glob leaving a crater in the ham… 🤢🤮🤮 I could only eat poultry meat for years lol.
Because it’s made in China
It’s a heavily recycled joke but:
Step 1: cut a hole in the ham
Meat glue, its a manufactured product.
look it up on youtube, you can see how they assemble cheaper cuts into a more valuable product. Its not bad for you or anything – just a food industry practise.
#AIDS.
I’ve worked in the meat industry for a long time, and while I can’t be 100% correct on this, what it looks to me is that there was a large kernel of fat there. So it was removed and replaced with meat.
An abscess is disgusting, and unless you are cutting something freeze dried, you will never save. It’s basically a bacteria balloon, it gets everywhere and it’s mostly pus and disease.
Tendon or ligament perhaps