Always popular at christmas the word gammon can be traced back to the old french word jambe for the hind leg of a pigrunsmoked gammon is sometimes referred to as green gammon which means the meat is cured in brine but not smoked and remains uncookedrour specially selected pork is from quality meat scotland certified assured farms raised outdoors in ayrshire the pigs are extensively reared and run outdoors where they are free to root and forage these are beautifully marbled resulting in