Just to add to the chorus: the quality of your steak or turkey is influenced to a great degree by how it’s prepared by your cook. But with a ham, the cook has much less control since the meat is already cured.
We have a place in town here, Rice’s Country Hams, that has been making amazing country hams for generations. They make the grocery store hams - which I certainly don’t mind eating - taste like crap in comparison.
Well, fine. I may, perhaps, be willing to try again sometime in the distant future. But I’m all hammed out for now.
Yes!
Find a small town known for its butcher shop and buy a ham there. It will have a dark crust and a deep smoky flavor. The meat will be chewy and, if done right at 325 degree temperature, moist. Doesn’t bear any resemblance to what we’ve been made to believe is ham.
This meat is raw so it must be roasted.
[Bill Engvall] I love pig! [/BE]