Comparably, ear becomes 'hear', air solidifies to 'hair', and 'am' becomes edible: 'ham'.
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The resultant meat, full of intramuscular fat, produces hams that can age for 2 or more years without desiccation.
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Like a long aged wine, these hams develop deep flavor.
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In the quarrel with her son she hams it up, and then immediately turns into a cook.
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Their prescribed rituals conserved the pastors' energies for the rest of their work, especially for the spiritual counselling which was restored to them fromham-handed amateurs.
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It is likely that the editors felt that if they did not censor their own publications voluntarily, they would eventually encounter moreham-fisted outside review by the government.
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Imported meat is being sold as domestic produce, rotten meat is often on sale and then there is the case of the fakeham.
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As to the cuts themslves, there can be no objection to the cutting down of such luxuries as boiledhamand other things.
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The panorama of activities presented by this show was breathtaking—music, ballet, drama, cycling, gardening, archaeology, swimming, football, painting,hamradio and studies of all sorts.
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The named-meat product only will be called "hamspread"and the mixed product"hampaste".
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Allocations, of imported boneless beef for the production of boiled beefhamhave now ceased in view of the meat supply position.
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I give below the details for bacon andham.
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Half the bacon andhamused by our forces is imported—that is close to £2.5 million-worth of trade.
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The prices paid for bacon and hams vary in like manner, and also in the case of the different cuts.
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Even though the take-up was down, there was a greater consumption of bacon, and in addition a much greater consumption ofham.
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