Pig Party!

[richtee]

Well, I started to deal with the rest of half hog I purchased the other day. Took the whole rear ham and sliced off about 7" thick end, and got the ham down to 15.5 lbs... easier and SAFER to do the dry cure I am doing on it. Injected cure along Morton's recommended procedure, and dry rubbed 5 Oz seasoned Tender Quick on outside of ham. In 6 days, another 5, and a week after that the last 5 Oz will be rubbed on.

Now what to do with a 7" thick pork steak?!? Well, inject with James B. Beam and "Turbocharged Vinegar" of course! then mustard and R's R. <Rich's Rub> Gonna go to pull with this one...mopping with a similar concoction. Smells GREAT...the jalapeno aroma from the vinegar is outstanding!

Uncle Sam's signature of approval

 

[flash]

Only store bought pigs have that seal. All ours do is squeal.

Keep up the q-view.

 

[vlap]

Looking forward to the results! Good so far!!!

 

[gramason]

Looks good Rich.

 

[cowgirl]

LOL....I can relate to that.


Good luck on the ham and smoke Rich!

 

[squeezy]

Never heard of pulling ham before ... looking forward to seeing the results!

 

[gooose53]

Now that is a nice looking piece of meat!! Looking forward to hearing how it all turns out.

 

[smokin for life]

Rich you got me drooling already, can't wait for the smoked part.

 

[t-bone tim]

Hmmmmm I'm with squeezey on this one , pulled ham ? sounds yummy , can't wait to see the finished q-view

 

[smokincowboy]

man that just looks like it is gonna taste great mmmm mmmmm

 

[fritz]

Must be a seal of approval

never have seen pulled ham either....sounds great!!

 

[ds7662]

Looks good Rich. Pulled ham is great! So many uses.

 

[bustedluckbarbq]

Lookin' Good Rich!! look forward to the turn out!

 

[charles1056]

Sounds great, but raises 2 questions for me:1) what is "turbocharged vinegar" and 2) I've seen several posts speaking of "pulling" meat. What exactly is that?

 

[squeezy]

Lots to read on the subject @ http://www.smokingmeatforums.com/for...ead.php?t=8111

 

[kookie]

Sounds good Richtee. Can't wait to see the results.

Kookie

 

[richtee]

And, the finished product. As I sorta expected, it was a little on the dry side, especially in the exposed smaller muscles around the joint. Minor tho..Itook the real dry stuff and most of that DELICIOUS skin you see there and chopped it up into a pot of kidney beans mixed with a can of Ro-tel chopped tomatos and chilis. Boy, that smells good.

As a sidelight, hardly ANY of the pepper flavor so prominent in the vinegar came thru. I'm gonna try using it straight up for injection next time, and in the mop.

 

[vlap]

Good stuff rich!

 

[badss]

looks wicked Richtee! Sounds delicious....

 

[smokeys my pet]

Lookin good as usual Rich!!!!!!!!!!