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    RIP Floyd "Sonny" Tillman

    They changed the sauce. My buddy loved it. I think he mixes the Sizzlin' sauce with the original to get close to what he likes.
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    RIP Floyd "Sonny" Tillman

    https://www.sonnysbbq.com/from-the-smoker/remembering-floyd-sonny-tillman/
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    RIP Floyd "Sonny" Tillman

    Just saw this a day or two ago. They have an announcement on the sign at the Sonny's by I-75 near Belleview, Florida. Made to 96 eating barbecued ribs. A barbecue legend.
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    Country Ham Research

    The more Meacham ham I eat, the happier I am with it. I bought myself two whole hams still wrapped, and I am hanging them in my laundry room. I plan to crack the first one no sooner than 6 months from now, and I want to get on a rotation where I am always eating hams that are at least 18 months...
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    Country Ham Research

    If I were Elon Musk, and I wanted to buy country ham I had total confidence in, I would go with Newsom's, because there is just nothing wrong with it. But the price seems a little crazy to me. I have been finishing off the Penn ham, and the more I heat, the less I like it. Benton's was a...
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    Country Ham Research

    I received my slices of Benton's ham, and my wife and I tried one. I fried it without using water, and then I used water to deglaze the pan and make a little red eye gravy. The bad: they slice it very thin. I would go with around 5/16"-3/8". Also, it's very salty. I would say it's somewhere...
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    Country Ham Research

    I had a little bit of Newsom's ham this morning. It really does have the classic flavor, aroma, and texture. A short time ago, a package from Penn Country Hams arrived. This is a Kentucky company. I ordered a "half ham," which really means 3-4 pounds of boneless slices sealed in a vacuum bag. A...
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    Am I Wrong to be Crying Right Now?

    Tell me how they can do this: 3.25 pounds.
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    Am I Wrong to be Crying Right Now?

    Restaurant Depot finally opened a local store, and today I found out they will let anyone with an EIN sign up. I visited a while ago with a day pass, but now that I have a card, I feel, well, superior to everyone else. Better. The nearest GFS is over an hour away. Things I would go back for...
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    Country Ham Research

    The more times I try Meacham ham, the more I like it. Today I fried up a big slice and a couple of eggs, and I made red eye gravy. Sadly, we were out of homemade bread, and we don't cook anything that takes effort on Sundays, so I was stuck with a Fresh Market croissant. As usual, I boiled it...
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    Country Ham Research

    I tried the new package of Broadbent's ham slices. The flavor was much better. The first package I bought didn't have a lot of flavor, except for salt. This one tasted like country ham, although the flavor wasn't very deep or complex, like a Newsom's or Meacham ham. The first package was so...
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    Country Ham Research

    I made a mistake and ordered the wrong thing from Benton's in Tennessee. The photo seemed to indicate I was getting ordinary large slices, but I ended up with 20+-month prosciutto-style ham in two 1/4-pound packages. With shipping, it turned out to be considerably more expensive than prime...
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    Country Ham Research

    I sliced the Newsom's ham and soaked it in water for two days. I was afraid I would ruin it, but it's better. A little juicier and slightly less salty. It's in vacuum bags now. Like I said above, I don't know anyone in Kentucky that does things like this, but I decided to try it anyway, and I...
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    Country Ham Research

    I don't really taste sweetness, beyond the natural sweetness any meat has. It reminds me of sugar-cured bacon in that sugar is in there somewhere, but it doesn't seem to have a big effect. Maybe if I had two hams side by side I could tell.
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    Country Ham Research

    Nobody I know in Kentucky ever does that, but I do simmer the slices in water, both sides, before discarding the water and frying, just to make sure the salt is not over the top. My grandmother used to slice and fry, period. I can go either way as long as the ham isn't abnormally salty...
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    Country Ham Research

    The package from Meacham Hams arrived. A lot cheaper than Broadbent's and Newsom's, but if their web copy is correct, the quality should be just as high. I just fried up two slices, and my wife and I tried them. First of all, the smell of the raw ham was unusual, to put it nicely. A typical...
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    Country Ham Research

    Broadbent's replied:
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    Country Ham Research

    I emailed Broadbent's. I think they deserve a chance to defend themselves. Maybe this ham was not typical.
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    Country Ham Research

    Here is an update. We have not received the samples from Meacham and Benton's, but today I tried to eat some of the Broadbent's slices I ordered. We need to get rid of them. I was too kind in my earlier comments. I guess I was trying too hard to be fair. This stuff tastes like pure salt. I put...
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    More Meatloaf

    I saw ground chuck for $7.99 here. The squirrels around my house look tastier than ever.
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