Alton Brown says: If Alton Brown really said this:
"Most people think of ham as a big cut from the back end of a pig, but you can make ham from any cut of pork roast."
He needs his man card revoked. I realize that it's a dumbed-down article that's pointed towards city folk, but that statement is so fundamentally wrong that I stopped reading right there.
Ham comes from a hog's ass. Period.
You can certainly cure other cuts of pork, but curing a pork belly doesn't result in ham. It results in bacon. Curing a pork loin gives you "Canadian bacon", or if you happen to be a Canuckadan, it gives you "back bacon", etc.
You might have guessed that calling things what they aren't is one of my pet peeves. lol
LOL @ you and Alton Brown. I will let OTHER professionals cure my ham, thank you!
We had the first Pork Chops from the hog we just bought and Beau even ORGANIZED THE FREEZERS so everything will be easy for me to find.
I nearly FAINTED dead away!
When my Garrett was little, he always wanted ‘PORT Chops’ for supper. Or ‘Basketti.’ Makes me smile to this day. (We lost him in 2008, but he’s still here with me. Always.)
My Beagle is convinced that ANY time the kitchen door is opened, and then closed again, SHE deserves a treat. Don’t let Howard fall into THAT bad habit!
Dolly doesn’t fool me...and I WATCH her on her ‘last potty break’ of the evening before we head for bed. She’s deaf, so I’m sure she doesn’t even HEAR me when I say, ‘You KNOW what I WANT, Girl!’ but I think current frigid temperatures prod her along. ;)