deal on country ham: a tip between the two or three of us

A friend and I love and swear by the 12-month-aged attic country ham from Burger's Smokehouse in the Missouri Ozarks. We've gotten them uncooked, cooked, cooked and spiral sliced, and have never been disappointed. They're on par with very good KY and Smithfield hams, but not as salty as the Smithfields.

An e-mail alert from Burger's today announced a two-fer special, while supplies last. Sliced, vacuum sealed attic country hams (ready to refrigerate/freeze) two for the price of one (half and whole hams).

I immediately went in halves with my friend. For $40 and change (the cost of shipping is included) each ($81.xx total), each of us us gets 15-17 lbs.

Er . . . don't tell them that I sent you. Let them wonder about all of the ham going to Chicago.

http://www.smokehouse.com/burgers.nsf/x/9F56E35904CB581186257036005999B4

Remember, this is just between the few of us.

Also, I'm hosting an academic conference Aug. 10-13, and one of the participants/presenters is coming from Extremadura, Spain. I'm working on him for some Iberico ham.

Cheers,
Wade

waderoberts wrote:Remember, this is just between the few of us.

...the few hundred of us.

Might be a little early for it, but the Torta del Casar from Extremadura is one of the great cheeses. It's aged over 60 days, so should be safe to bring in....

Thanks, Wade. Mine is on the way.

Wade, the hams arrived at my office today. They look outstanding.

There'll be some grits cooking at my house tomorrow morning to go with a big slab of ham and some redeye gravy.

Wade and Will,

Burger's produces a very fine ham, although I haven't tasted the "attic" version.

My last order from them included some of their smoked jowl bacon.

I first tasted Burger's ham twenty years ago at The Mansion on Turtle Creek. Dean Fearing's variation on eggs benedict consisted of pan fried Burger's ham slices on top of toasted jalapeno corn muffin slices, which were then topped with poached eggs and then his red eye hollandaise sauce.

What time did you say Will?

I ate at an Ann Sather's for the first time in my life this morning, although I have have the cinnamon bunz on several occasions. This tourist type breakfast is really not my thing.

I would rather have a couple over easy, some grits, stewed or griddled tomatos and maybe a little country ham. By little country, I mean a country the size of an African nation!!


[just placed my order, tempted to order wild game birds but I decided to wait]

I had a bit (ok a whole center slice) for supper tonight. The Burger's ham is sweeter and less salty than a Virginia Ham. I paired it with some very fresh sliced tomatoes and sweet cantaloupe. Now, if I could only catch the Braves game on TV, it would be just like being back home.

Excellent ham, Wade. Thanks for the heads up.

Here's a little eye candy from my Saturday Night Supper:


Anticipation- Ham Cooking in my Sautee Pan


Ham with Redeye Gravy served over Anson Mill Stone Ground Grits

LTH,

Speaking of Country Ham, I attended a Q-Fest in upper Michigan last weekend and one of the fellows, Dan Gill, brought Country Ham he had hanging for 10-years. He called it the "Heart of the Ham"




In general I am not a fan of country ham as I have, more so than most, a low tolerance for salt. Dan's 10-year aged ham, which he also referred to as Virginia Prosciutto, was not, comparatively, salty in the least.

In addition to Country Ham, and other assorted items, Dan brought breakfast sausage he hung for 3-weeks. The sausage, which was delicious, developed a distinct 'tang', was coarsely ground and very flavorful.



Enjoy,
Gary