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Best Ham salad in Toronto

“Ham mixed with chopped vegetables and bound with liberal amounts of mayonnaise or salad cream.”

Ham salad

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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.

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Ham salad is the savory counterpart to chicken and egg salads—a classic Anglo-American preparation where chopped ham gets bound into creamy submission with mayonnaise or salad cream, then studded with smaller pieces of vegetables or relishes. It follows the same loosely mayo-based logic as potato and macaroni salads, a format that's been moving through kitchens for generations.

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  • versatile format
  • traditional recipe
  • comparable to familiar salads

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