Ham

Ham was a common food prepared and consumed in most regions of the Realms.

Description
Ham usually was made using a pig's or boar's leg (also called hocks ) that was cured in various sauces, spices, and herbs, similarly to pig's head, Amnian delicacy.

Usage

 * Hin were known for preparing ham honeyed with sweet pineapple gravy.
 * Morningfeast at the Yawning Portal often included ham served by itself or together with bisquits and eggs.
 * Smoked ham was a common food served in abundance during Glarth, a festival also known as Fullbelly.
 * Roast gammon pie was a Cormyrian delicacy that was made out of stuffed deboned ham wrapped in a pastry jacker.
 * Tethyr pies were cold stuffed pastries, often filled with leftover cubed ham, minced meats, or fish, mixed with parsnips, potatos, spinach, mint, hot peppers, and drowned in "summer sauce".

History
The monks of the Great Mother's House in Berdusk often served ham, pheasant, and roast beef to their guest in the mid 13 century DR.

In 1372 DR, the Ironhand Mines in Luruar were under control of an orc raider tribe. The orcs' main food storage was filled with dry cured meats, including ham.

By 1374 DR, the farmers of the Grand Duchy of Shantal were known to raise pigs and export ham, among other local foods and drinks.

In 1480s DR, the Cult of the Dragon's Skyreach Castle was heavily stocked with hundreds of crates food, meat, ham, fish.

Circa 1491 DR, Jalessa Ornra, a butcher from Red Larch sold butchered and smoked meats, including ham, from her shop. The sign that hung above the entrance had a painted piece of ham being cut by a cleaver. Her shop had an adjacent smokehouse and a cold cellar.

Trivia

 * Catoblepas milk was as thick as syrup and had the color reminiscent of ripe cranberry and smelled of baked ham.
 * Saurials of the Lost Vale exuded the smell of ham when they felt nervousness or worry.

Appearances

 * Adventures
 * Marco Volo: Journey &bull; Hoard of the Dragon Queen &bull; Princes of the Apocalypse
 * Novels


 * Azure Bonds
 * Video Games:
 * Baldur's Gate III