Bradenhamn.
/ˈbrad(ə)nəm/ Applied attributively to a dark, sweet-cured ham. Also elliptical.
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gammon?1521
skink1630
ham1650
schinkel1654
jambon1655
bacon-ham1796
schinken1848
Yorkshire ham1849
prosciutto crudo1855
picnic ham1890
prosciutto1891
York ham1897
Bradenham1906
short-cut1906
Prague ham1909
picnic1910
Parma ham1937
Black Forest1961
1906 Daily Chron. 24 Sept. 7/2 Next door the Wiltshire Bacon Curing Company shows a decided novelty in ‘Bradenham’ hams and chaps. They are perfectly black, a result achieved, it is said, by curing with treacle.
1927 D. L. Sayers Unnatural Death i. vi. 68 Tell me how it comes that your little waitress and her railway clerk come down to Epping Forest to regale themselves on sandwiches made from coal-black, treacle-cured Bradenham ham?
1959 Hist. Wiltshire (V.C.H.) IV. 223/1 In 1897 the company [sc. the Wiltshire Bacon Curing Co. Ltd.] took over the Bradenham Ham Co. and since it was wound up in 1921 ‘Bradenham’ hams, cured by a secret recipe, have been manufactured by the Wiltshire Bacon Co.
1960 House & Garden Apr. 111/2 There are counters of hams including Bradenhams (the coal-black ham).
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1972; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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