ham salad
{{Short description|Anglo-American dish}}
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| country = North America / Great Britain
| region = American South, American Midwest
| national_cuisine = American cuisine, British cuisine, Canadian cuisine, Australian cuisine
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| served = Cold
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| serving_size = 100 g
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Ham salad is a traditional Anglo-American salad. Ham salad resembles chicken salad, egg salad, and tuna salad (as well as starch-based salads, like potato salad, macaroni salad, and pea salad): the primary ingredient, ham, is mixed with smaller amounts of chopped vegetables or relishes, and the whole is bound with liberal amounts of a mayonnaise, salad cream, or other similar style of salad dressing, such as Miracle Whip.
Overview
Ham salad generally includes cooked or canned cold ham which has been minced, cubed, or ground; the mayonnaise or other dressing; diced sour or sweet cucumber pickles or cucumber pickle relish; and perhaps chopped raw celery, green pepper, or onion. Raw cucumber, shredded carrot, pimento, sweet corn kernels, or tomato are sometimes used. The salad can be mixed or garnished with generous quantities of chopped hard-boiled egg;{{cite book | last=Reilly | first=N. | title=Ukrainian Cuisine with an American Touch and Ingredients | publisher=Xlibris US | year=2010 | isbn=978-1-4535-1186-2 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=00a3hxRpSkgC&pg=PA173 | access-date=January 22, 2017 | page=173}}{{cite book | title=Cook Book of the Ladies' Aid Society, Evangelical Lutheran Church of Our Redeemer | publisher=Rudolph Volkening, Publisher and Printer | year=1922 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3uw9AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA61 | access-date=January 22, 2017 | page=61}} grated cheese may be used, or peas{{cite book | last=McKinney | first=A. | title=The Outdoor Table | publisher=Thomas Nelson | year=2015 | isbn=978-0-7180-2220-4 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=XxiMBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA125 | access-date=January 22, 2017 | page=125}} or boiled potato{{cite book | last=Mendelsohn | first=F. | last2=Co | first2=Oakland Brewing & Malting | title=Blue and Gold Cook Book | publisher=Applewood Books | series=Cooking in America | year=2008 | isbn=978-1-4290-1132-7 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e9ckMEgG6igC&pg=PA138 | access-date=January 22, 2017 | page=138}} may be added to bulk out the dish. The salad is typically chilled and served cold.{{cite book | last=Cutler | first=H.G. | title=Cutler's Red Book of Priceless Recipes: A Collection of the Most Practical, Useful and Valuable Recipes, Formulas and Suggestions for Every Occasion | publisher=W.R. Vansant | year=1903 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eZpFAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA200 | access-date=January 22, 2017 | page=200}}
Like other mayonnaise-bound meat salads, the finished dish typically has a chunky, grainy, or pasty texture, and is frequently served as a spread upon crackers or upon bread in a sandwich.
As with other Anglo-American salads, the recipe for ham salad has many regional and family variations. Similar salads are made using chopped or ground bologna, Spam, and other cured or potted meats and sausages.
Ham salad is popular in the Upper Midwest, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, which have long histories of pork and ham production.
File:Soup and ham salad sandwich.jpg|A ham salad sandwich with soup
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Category:Cuisine of the Southern United States