One of the notable local products is York ham, a mild-flavoured ham with delicate pink colouring.
It is traditionally served with Madeira Sauce.
As a lightly smoked, dry-cured ham, York ham is saltier but milder in flavour than other European dry-cured hams.
Folklore has it that the oak construction for York Minster provided the sawdust for smoking the ham.
Robert Burrow Atkinson's butchery shop, in Blossom Street, is the birthplace of the original "York Ham" and the reason why the premises became famous.
One of the notable local products is York ham, a mild-flavoured ham with delicate pink colouring. It is traditionally served with Madeira Sauce. As a lightly smoked, dry-cured ham, York ham is saltier but milder in flavour than other European dry-cured hams. Folklore has it that the oak construction for York Minster provided the sawdust for smoking the ham. Robert Burrow Atkinson's butchery shop, in Blossom Street, is the birthplace of the original "York Ham" and the reason why the premises became famous.
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