Chipped chopped ham or chipped ham is a processed ham luncheon meat made from chopped ham. chopped ham is a mixture of ham chunks and trimmings and seasonings, ground together and then packaged into loaves. by chipping or shaving the meat loaf against a commercial meat slicer blade, the resultant thinly sliced product has a different texture and flavor compared to thickly sliced ham. in western pennsylvania, northern west virginia and eastern ohio, the slicing process is also referred to as "pittsburgh style".sometimes the chopped ham, once chipped, is mixed and heated with barbecue sauce before it is made into a sandwich. in the pittsburgh region, sandwiches of "ham barbecue" or "barbecu...

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