“You want to see some hams?” asked Douglas Freeman of Cadiz, Kentucky, as he ambled out of the barn. “We had it so hot and dry, a lot of ’em just shrunk up to nothing.” The 80-year-old Freeman, ...

Ham — a meat variety that is so commonplace, it's easy to forget the intricacy. Always sourced from a pig's hind leg, everything from prosciutto to speck and holiday ham falls under the umbrella.