# Prague ham

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**Prague ham** (Czech: *Pražská šunka*) is a type of [brine-cured](/source/Ham#Wet-cured), stewed, and mildly [beechwood](/source/Beech_tree)-[smoked](/source/Smoking_(cooking)) boneless [ham](/source/Ham)[1][2] originally from [Prague](/source/Prague) in [Bohemia](/source/Bohemia) (now the [Czech Republic](/source/Czech_Republic)). When cooked on the bone, it is called *šunka od kosti* (lit. 'ham from the bone'), considered a delicacy.[2] It was first marketed in the 1860s by Antonín Chmel, a pork butcher from Prague's Zvonařka Street.[1]

It was a popular export during the 1920s and 1930s, to the point that other cultures started copying the recipe and making it domestically. *Pražská šunka*/Prague ham is registered as a [Traditional Speciality Guaranteed](/source/Traditional_Speciality_Guaranteed) in the European Union and the United Kingdom and can only be produced according to a specified procedure.[3]

## As street food

Prague ham is traditionally served in restaurants and from street vendors with a side of boiled potatoes[4] and often accompanied by Czech beer.[2]

## Names in other languages

The following translations are registered for the [Traditional Speciality Guaranteed](/source/Traditional_Speciality_Guaranteed):[3]

- [Bulgarian](/source/Bulgarian_language): *Пражка шунка*
- [Czech](/source/Czech_language) and [Slovak](/source/Slovak_language): Pražská šunka
- [Danish](/source/Danish_language): *Pragskinke*
- [Dutch](/source/Dutch_language): *Praagse Ham*
- [Estonian](/source/Estonian_language): *Praha sink*
- [Finnish](/source/Finnish_language): *Prahalainen kinkku*
- [German](/source/German_language): *Prager Schinken*
- [Greek](/source/Greek_language): *Χοιρομέρι Πράγας*
- [Hungarian](/source/Hungarian_language): *Prágai sonka*
- [Italian](/source/Italian_language): *[Prosciutto](/source/Prosciutto) di Praga*
- [Latvian](/source/Latvian_language): *Prāgas šķiņķis*
- [Maltese](/source/Maltese_language): *Perżut ta' Praga*
- [Norwegian](/source/Norwegian_language): *Pragerskinke*
- [Polish](/source/Polish_language): *Szynka Praska*
- [Portuguese](/source/Portuguese_language): *Fiambre de Praga*
- [Romanian](/source/Romanian_language): *Șuncă de Praga*
- [Serbo-Croatian](/source/Serbo-Croatian) and [Slovene](/source/Slovene_language): *Praška šunka*
- [Serbian](/source/Serbian_language): *Прашка шунка*
- [Spanish](/source/Spanish_language): *Jamón de Praga*
- [Swedish](/source/Swedish_language): *Pragskinka*

## See also

- [Czech cuisine](/source/Czech_cuisine)
- [List of hams](/source/List_of_hams)

## References

1. [Prague Ham](https://www.prague-ham.cz/)

1. ["About Prague Ham - and Czech Beer"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160810122236/http://www.oldboys.cz/en/about-prague-ham). Archived from [the original](http://www.oldboys.cz/en/about-prague-ham) on 2016-08-10. Retrieved 2014-08-27.

1. ["Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/506 of 26 March 2018 entering a name in the register of traditional specialities guaranteed ('Pražská šunka' (TSG))"](https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=CELEX%3A32018R0506). *European Union*. 26 March 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2021.

1. [Scam Detector - The Old Prague Ham Scam](http://scam-detector.com/travel-scams/old-prague-ham)

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