Prague ham

 ( Ham ) 

Prague Ham (, ) is a type of brine-cured, stewed, and mildly Beech tree-smoked boneless ham Prague Ham originally from Prague in Bohemia (Czech Republic). When cooked on the bone, it is called šunka od kosti ("ham from the bone"), considered a delicacy. It was first marketed in the 1860s by Antonín Chmel, a pork butcher from Prague's Zvonařka ("Bell-Maker street") on the Nuselské schody (The Nusle Steps).

It was a popular export during the 1920s and 1930s – to the point that other cultures started copying the recipe and making it domestically. Pražská šunka/Prague Ham is registered as a Traditional Speciality Guaranteed in the European Union and the UK and can only be produced according to a specified procedure.

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Prague Ham as street food Prague Ham is traditionally served in restaurants and from street vendors with a side of boiled potatoes Scam Detector - The Old Prague Ham Scam and often accompanied by Czech beer.

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Names in other languages

The following translations are registered for the Traditional Speciality Guaranteed:

• Пражка шунка.
• Czech language and Slovakian: Pražská šunka.
• Prag Skinke.
• Praagse Ham.
• Praha sink.
• Prahalainen kinkku.
• Prager Schinken.
• Χοιρομέρι Πράγας.
• Prágai sonka.
• Prosciutto di Praga.
• Prāgas šķiņķis.
• Perżut ta' Praga.
• Pragerskinke.
• Szynka Praska.
• Fiambre de Praga.
• Șuncă de Praga.
• Serbo-Croatian and Slovene language: Praška šunka.
• Прашка шунка
• Jamón de Praga.
• Pragskinka.

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See also

• Czech cuisine
• List of hams

Categories: Ham, Smoked Meat, Czech Cuisine

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