Yes and no—it’s a bit of a trick question. Pork is the general, catch-all term for meat that comes from a pig. Think of it as the big umbrella covering everything from bacon to ribs to tenderloin.
Ham, on the other hand, is a specific cut of pork—the hind leg of the pig. But here’s the juicy twist: ham is almost always cured, smoked, or processed in some way. Fresh pork leg? That’s just pork. Add salt, sugar, and time, and boom—it becomes ham.
