country ham

Brother Bill · April 25, 2005, 09:59:16 PM

Just received a Country ham from a friend in N.C. Iwas instructed to slice it thin and fry... tried this,but was very salty. Any suggestions?

Thanks---Brother Bill[:D]

MallardWacker · April 25, 2005, 10:07:31 PM

Bill,

I will look for this to see if I can find it. "Good Eats" had a show on hams and did a very good discusion on how to fix a "real" country ham. Accually they started off by soaking it for 2 days in water....Off to see if I can find it...

SmokeOn,

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MallardWacker · April 25, 2005, 10:15:49 PM

Here it is Bill
Alton Brown's Country Ham

SmokeOn,

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SMOKEHOUSE ROB · April 25, 2005, 11:13:14 PM

i love that show, mallardwacker did you see the show he did about making bacon in a scrap yard? he made a smoker out of a locker .

SMOKEHOUSE ROB · April 25, 2005, 11:25:35 PM

MW here is a link to his bacon. http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,1977,FOOD_9936_17624,00.html
take note at bottom on how he cooked the bacon, he bakes it going to try baking some this week i bet it brings out more flavor?

MallardWacker · April 26, 2005, 01:57:22 PM

Rob,

I did see that. Man that guy is "The McGyver" of cooking. I am still looking for his show on Mac and Cheese. He made some deep fried Mac and Cheese that simply looked great.

SmokeOn,

mski
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Brother Bill · April 26, 2005, 03:01:16 PM

My thanks to all for Country Ham Suggestions! We will try them all.

Brother Bill[:)]

str1der · April 26, 2005, 08:44:51 PM

Country ham should be salty. Obviously "salty" is relative but I've been eating country ham and red eye gravy all my life and if it isn't salty it's not country ham.

Smok'em if you got'em

Sesh · April 30, 2005, 04:22:00 PM

MW,
Here's the link to the Mac&Cheese recipes.
http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/show_ea/episode/0,1976,FOOD_9956_20360,00.html
This fanpage also has all the recipes as well as transcripts of every episode...
http://www.goodeatsfanpage.com/GEFP/index.htm

MWS · April 30, 2005, 08:42:09 PM

My favorite Mac and Cheese recipe is 'Mayme's Macaroni and Cheese' from Smoke and Spice page 384. I've made this about a dozen times. It's a family favorite and as a matter of fact, It's on tommorows menu along with a hickory smoked pork picnic. Mmmmmmmm [:D]

Mike - Harrison Hot Springs B.C.
- Find true happiness, capture it and eat it -

Oldman · May 01, 2005, 12:08:56 AM

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Country ham should be salty. Obviously "salty" is relative but I've been eating country ham and red eye gravy all my life and if it isn't salty it's not country ham.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">I look at C-ham the same way I do fat-back that is fried up for bacon... The salt source for the eggs, grits, gravy and biscuit. Plus a course those great flavors... [^]

Olds

Bad Flynch · May 01, 2005, 04:49:14 PM

The old-time fix for this problem was to fry your meat with a little water first, to extract some of the salt. Then you dump the water out and continue frying until done. Try it.

B.F.

MallardWacker · May 02, 2005, 02:41:58 PM

You'd be da man Sesh. I have to try that deep fried Mac & Cheese. Thanks...

SmokeOn,

mski
Perryville, Arkansas
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