Ham sala is a traditional Anglo-American salad. It is related to chicken salad, egg salad, and tuna salad as well as starch based salads like potato salad, pasta salad, and pea salad. Ham salad is still very popular in western Pennsylvania, but is less so in other areas. Ham salad is also fairly popular in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern states due to a strong history of curing ham. However, it is nowhere near as popular as the other protein salads.