They both come from a pig.
2006-12-28 12:31:39 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Food & Drink ➔ Other - Food & Drink
laylay♥: If you think this is so stupid, perhaps you will give an answer.
2006-12-28 12:44:51 · update #1
Ham is pink because it has been cured and salted. Pork Roast is white because pork meat when cooked or baked will turns white when done.. Hope it helps.
2006-12-28 12:37:10 · answer #1 · answered by Mari-Mari 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Ham comes from pink pigs raised in pink barns and fed pink feed, in ohio. Pork roast comes from white pigs raised in white barns and fed white feed, in iowa.
2006-12-28 20:42:12 · answer #2 · answered by imalwysrite 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The ham is smoked and cured. Bacon is too. Pork roast is 'the other white meat'.
2006-12-28 20:36:48 · answer #3 · answered by barefoot 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would think for the same reason that chicken or turkey have white and dark meat. Maybe it's the part of the pig that it comes from.
2006-12-28 20:44:22 · answer #4 · answered by worldwise1 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just a different part of the pig....just as chicken breast is white, and the meat from the legs or thighs is darker.
2006-12-28 20:33:01 · answer #5 · answered by donnabellekc 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's kind of like the White and dark meat of a chicken.
2006-12-28 20:33:05 · answer #6 · answered by alwaysmoose 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ha ha! Very good question, I never thought about it really. Maybe it's the way ham is cured. Maybe someone will know and we will be enlightened!
2006-12-28 20:34:14 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ham is smoked giving it a pink color.
2006-12-28 20:34:36 · answer #8 · answered by Christina H 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ok this is a guess: curing makes ham stay pink.
2006-12-28 20:38:19 · answer #9 · answered by justbeingher 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Different muscle groups... probably different myoglobin contents. (think white and dark chicken meat)....
2006-12-28 20:33:37 · answer #10 · answered by withrow_ag 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋