The real question to ask is, does it contain any chemicals?

I only eat ham that is 100% composed of virtual particles.

"Is that ham processed? If it's processed, I don't want it."

Customer only buys live hogs.

Reminds of Far Side - by Gary Larson -

I read possessed and was quite confused

The crazy thing is, most ham that's perfectly shaped isn't using any kind of meat glue or enzyme (it's basically only used on expensive cuts of meat), but just pressed together in that shape and naturally re-adheres during cooking.

"So essentially all boneless hams -- which are restructured products that consist of meat pieces bound together -- don't include meat glue, but rather salt-soluble protein as a binding agent that is extracted from the meat surface during a process called massaging, or tumbling."

https://www.psu.edu/...

I don't care what anyone says, bologna tastes delicious.

Edit: I looked it up and bologna is not as much of an unholy amalgamation as I thought. Still tastes delicious.

Pigs are pretty much proof of god. There's no way nature could create such a ludicrously delicious animal. Every fucking part of it is just gorgeous.

https://youtu.be/PJt64x3aEv8

TIL in english pork cuts and pork sausage are both called ham

Can we not gaslight and invalidate people for asking for less cancer inducing food?

When people say 'processed' or 'chemicals' colloquially, they mean excessive nitrates and nitrites which are carcinogenic. But you already know that. You're just being pedantic so you could kiss the ass of big ham.

It's astounding how effective the marketing was to shrug off regulatory concerns on nitrates and nitrites into an overreaction by 'ma'ams' and other grocery shopping women. Just take any valid concern and pin it onto an already ridiculed demographic and voila, you've made it popular with the internet.