tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post2868006472352546757..comments2024-03-29T05:26:30.522+00:00Comments on Magnon's Meanderings: Bacon? No, Ham!Cro Magnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-59602908854462117462013-08-17T04:50:31.574+01:002013-08-17T04:50:31.574+01:00Ham making is great fun. All you need is a good qu...Ham making is great fun. All you need is a good quality leg, coarse salt, sugar, pepper, and time. Salting takes about 30 days, and drying a bit more. We used to do ours above about 6 inches of wood ash which would absorb any liquid. Watch out for mice! Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-20884840408579966732013-08-17T04:46:54.501+01:002013-08-17T04:46:54.501+01:00Your Papa sounds like my kinda guy. I used to do e...Your Papa sounds like my kinda guy. I used to do exactly the same (and still do in a smaller way).Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-49163099322702642722013-08-17T03:22:35.409+01:002013-08-17T03:22:35.409+01:00Thank you, Donna. It's quite possible I love y...Thank you, Donna. It's quite possible I love you. Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-11603385861712797602013-08-16T20:41:58.318+01:002013-08-16T20:41:58.318+01:00Fascinating post. I've never made ham and I...Fascinating post. I've never made ham and I'm not sure I can find a pork belly for sale here. However, I shall inquire at a couple of the locally owned butcher shops. The South is pork fat country, so you never know. <br /><br />My husband and I toured Bentons, a well known small smoke house a couple of years ago in nearby Tennessee and it was quite interesting to see what goes into curing country hams and bacon.<br />SamSam Hoffer / My Carolina Kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15358601435867848753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-92170591985895188622013-08-16T20:14:41.363+01:002013-08-16T20:14:41.363+01:00I frequently buy parma ham Cro because I absolutel...I frequently buy parma ham Cro because I absolutely love it - but I suspect it is nothing like the real thing above.<br /><br />The photo reminded me of when I was a child and we always killed our own pig and the sides of bacon and the hams hung on hooks from the kitchen ceiling. My father would take a sharp carving knife and cut himself a slice for breakfast like the slice in your photo and he would fry it gently in a pan over an open fire. I can smell that wonderful smell still.The Weaver of Grasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13947971556343746883noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-7192933558317919572013-08-16T16:49:58.570+01:002013-08-16T16:49:58.570+01:00Yummmmmmm.......Yummmmmmm.......Spinners End Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13378599044206074919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-62875831735910821352013-08-16T15:49:33.411+01:002013-08-16T15:49:33.411+01:00Quite right Donna!Quite right Donna!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-2772871145676985152013-08-16T15:29:16.497+01:002013-08-16T15:29:16.497+01:00oH AND sUSAN (ABOVE) Fat from pasture raised hogs...oH AND sUSAN (ABOVE) Fat from pasture raised hogs fed decent non-antibiotic filled grain and grasses is really HEALTHY for you. Lots of good research out there on the topic. Find a good farmer to supply you and GO FOR IT!Donna OShaughnessyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266654110280149719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-44727350997449585272013-08-16T15:27:16.329+01:002013-08-16T15:27:16.329+01:00The next hog of ours we bring to the locker...I...The next hog of ours we bring to the locker...I'll be asking them to set aside some belly for us so we can do just this. Thanks for sharing the recipe Cro. !!Donna OShaughnessyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266654110280149719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-61642224981129100382013-08-16T12:35:40.174+01:002013-08-16T12:35:40.174+01:00Isn't it a shame fat isn't "good for ...Isn't it a shame fat isn't "good for us"? It tastes sooooo good. So we eat it. (Everybody's gotta die from something...)Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-10354609702393377632013-08-16T11:00:00.477+01:002013-08-16T11:00:00.477+01:00I'm often amazed when we travel to the UK and ...I'm often amazed when we travel to the UK and France at how different some of the things we eat are. You would think that since our heritage and most of our population is from the UK that our bacon would be the same as their bacon but it is definitely not and I have still not worked out what gammon actually is. Your ham is certainly different from our usual ham. I'll put it on my list to try next time.Helsiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15136273834165751276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-42442910832927197312013-08-16T10:55:04.661+01:002013-08-16T10:55:04.661+01:00I hope you will be serving that with a side oh hom...I hope you will be serving that with a side oh home grown tomatoes! Yum!Jenniferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12512800812290518552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-66763841567096938652013-08-16T07:27:43.729+01:002013-08-16T07:27:43.729+01:00If you know anyone who's in France with a car,...If you know anyone who's in France with a car, you could get them to bring back a sack of special ham making salt. It's sold everywhere here, and is very cheap, but I don't remember seeing any in the UK.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5227064496185547313.post-59708405070850514752013-08-16T07:18:44.704+01:002013-08-16T07:18:44.704+01:00I never " made " ham from our last two p...I never " made " ham from our last two pigs<br />But I will with the next two <br />Roll on springJohn Going Gentlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14958171262765033946noreply@blogger.com