In the UK, the term " gammon" gained currency in the early 2010s as a pejorative apparently inspired by the puce skin tone of enraged, middle-aged middle Englanders.
'Toor rul lol loo, gammon and spinnage, the frog he wouldn't, and high cockolorum, ' said the Dodger: with a slight sneer on his intellectual countenance.
Rising demand for bacon is a crucial reason why one of Europe's leading meat companies, Danish Crown, is building a new bacon and gammon processing plant north of Manchester.