Kentucky Country Ham Project

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Case, For the last ten years or so, I have been baking a country ham in the oven for Christmas. It has always turned out very good and the whole family enjoyed it. I have considered smoking one, but as it is already cured, I don't really know if the smoking one would be beneficial. Do you know anyone who has smoked one?
 
 
Wow this is super cool! I wish our 4 h did this here! Can you imagine how good the ham building at the fair smells! I may have to go there just to see this! Anyone from Kentucky on here that goes to this???

http://gardenandgun.com/blog/keeping-country-ham-tradition-alive-kentucky

http://afs.ca.uky.edu/meats/4-h-country-ham-project
WOWW,,,,what a great idea....maybe itll catch on around the country,, i bet a lot of kids learn life long lessons doing this.. Great post.. POINTS too ....I can remember as a kid going with my dad to some smokehouse in Kentucky and it was just awesome. They said some of those hams were a couple years old. All I remember is it was smokey and they tasted good. I believe they used corn cob for the smoke. I use that today on pork myself.

HT
 
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Case, For the last ten years or so, I have been baking a country ham in the oven for Christmas. It has always turned out very good and the whole family enjoyed it. I have considered smoking one, but as it is already cured, I don't really know if the smoking one would be beneficial. Do you know anyone who has smoked one?
Sure do, I will use this thread one of these days:

http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/t/134415/country-cured-ham-from-go-to-show-q-view-updated-6-10-13
 
There are so many things that have already been lost.

I'm sure there are many things that the older folks knew many years

ago when I was young, that I wasn't bright enough to pay attention to.

C'mon what did those old fogies know.

By the time I finally got bright enough to realize what was being lost,

it was to late.

It seems a shame to lose all these great skills, that will one day

have to be relearned.

I'm certain that one day people will again have to be able

to take care of themselves.

At least we will have books and be able to get some of the information back.

      Ed
 
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There are so many things that have already been lost.

I'm sure there are many things that the older folks knew many years

ago when I was young, that I wasn't bright enough to pay attention to.

C'mon what did those old fogies know.

By the time I finally got bright enough to realize what was being lost,

it was to late.

It seems a shame to lose all these great skills, that will one day

have to be relearned.

I'm certain that one day people will again have to be able

to take care of themselves.

At least we will have books and be able to get some of the information back.

      Ed
Yes it is a shame that the methods are being lost. It is more like a science passed from one generation to another, I too wish I had paid more attention when younger. I mean I did to some degree but should have listened and learned more from the old timers. Turns out now I'm the old timer trying to pass it on to my grankids or whoever will listen. Seems like now-a-days most folks just want to go to the store a buy a box or can of something or just eat out. In a time of desperation or unrest the old timers with knowledge will fare far better than those without it. Knowledge is power and we learn from our mistakes.

HT
 
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