The goodness has been unwrapped.
Seven months ago, I put complete faith in my husband that he could take a 30lb ham and turn it into something phenomenal with only salt. We set it up
in salt for 35 days until all the moisture was drawn out, checking it daily to re-salt it and press it again. Then we
rinsed it,
slathered it in lard on it's cut sides, dusted the whole thing with crushed black pepper to deter pest,
wrapped it in cheesecloth and
hung it in our basement- an unfinished, basement basement. The unveiling was amazing...Ben assured me that if things were going to go bad, we would know. There isn't too much question about a rotting piece of carcass hanging in your basement.
And oh my god, it is incredible. The color, wow. The weight- 16lbs, they are supposed to loose half their weight, as we could have let it hang for another 6 months, loosing further weight, we are happy with these results.
The first slices.
My first bite...
As all we added was salt and time, all the flavor credit goes to the farmer. This cured meat is an awesome product that just highlights all the good things that can go into a pig. The flavor is all part of the tamworth raised by the
Moores. And we have so much of it to eat!! And
my husband is awesome.
Seven months ago, I put complete faith in my husband that he could take a 30lb ham and turn it into something phenomenal with only salt. We set it up in salt for 35 days until all the moisture was drawn out, checking it daily to re-salt it and press it again. Then we rinsed it, slathered it in lard on it's cut sides, dusted the whole thing with crushed black pepper to deter pest, wrapped it in cheesecloth and hung it in our basement- an unfinished, basement basement. The unveiling was amazing...Ben assured me that if things were going to go bad, we would know. There isn't too much question about a rotting piece of carcass hanging in your basement.
And oh my god, it is incredible. The color, wow. The weight- 16lbs, they are supposed to loose half their weight, as we could have let it hang for another 6 months, loosing further weight, we are happy with these results.
The first slices.
My first bite...
As all we added was salt and time, all the flavor credit goes to the farmer. This cured meat is an awesome product that just highlights all the good things that can go into a pig. The flavor is all part of the tamworth raised by the Moores. And we have so much of it to eat!! And my husband is awesome.
2 comments:
I think that this is absolutely amazing! Wow. Go, Ben!
oh wow your husband IS awesome!! what a great ham!!!
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