Are Boars Head meats cooked or cured?
They are all fully cooked. Cooked and cured are different processes. Cooked means heated. Cured is a method of preservation. Usually salt and other seasonings are used for curing. The term also usually means some time for aging. There is no such thing as additive free if it has anything but meat. The best ham is dry cured and aged for about a year. But that type is not fully cooked even though it is smoked. Dry cured, cold smoked ham is only surpassed in goodness by dry cured Bacon. The supreme manifestation of meat goodness.
