Posted on 01/28/2017 4:12:37 PM PST by ak267
Good survival info....
My grandmother used to can fresh ground pork sausage seasoned with pepper and sage in Mason jars. While it certainly wasn’t appealing to look at while in the jar, with a thick layer of fat congealed on the top, it was the best sausage I’ve ever eaten. There were quite a few nice hams hanging in her smokehouse in my childhood. They used salt with a little brown sugar, then smoked them hanging in cheesecloth.
Not everybody is able to do that, cooking their own fresh ham. You can soak a salt cured ham in water for about 24 hours to reduce the saltiness, as I mentioned upthread.
We don’t have much brisket but we do have lots of pork
When I was growing up, we called it white bacon. It was not pre sliced like smoked bacon. It was sold in slabs and the women used it to season with. From time to time mama would slice some off the slab, boil it to get rid some of the salt and fry it for supper or breakfast. She would make a baker of biscuits and make a gravy from the bacon grease. We would have syrup with biscuits and bacon and gravy.
Yeah, a piece of fatback in with the greens or beans is standard seasoning. Never heard it called white bacon. Just fatback.
where can one buy country ham?
If it’s not in stores where you are, it can be ordered online, lots of different companies. Edwards in Virginia is a favorite, but not cheap:
http://www.edwardsvaham.com/category/country-hams
Hams Direct is cheaper. Smithfield sells online, too.
“where can one buy country ham?”
Cliftyfarm.com
“...Mama would slice some off the slab, boil it to get rid some of the salt and fry it for supper or breakfast. She would make a baker of biscuits and make a gravy from the bacon grease. We would have syrup with biscuits and bacon and gravy.”
You’re breaking my heart!
I had never heard of these folks. Thanks for posting that!
My Polish Grandma would grind up Salt Pork and cook it with fresh cabbage and sauerkraut, yellow split peas and onions. My Aunts still make it that way. A big pot kept a lot of people fed.
Love this video series. All sorts of useful info
I went to a Waffle House in Virginia that did not have them, but when I go through the Waffle House drive-thru in Raleigh, NC, they have country ham biscuits. Mmmm!
Poke around on amazon.
I’ve watched a few of those videos, very interesting.
Great post. Thanks. BUMP!
Which would be unsurprising, inasmuch as prosciutto is country ham 'gone Italian', as it were. Love them both, but know with my hypertension, I shouldn't eat either at all. Ah well, no one gets out alive anyways...
the infowarrior
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