Thanksgiving ham in the works!
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Thanksgiving ham in the works!
Found a local source for hog hinds!!! Darn good price at 1.79/lb too. Grabbed one today to start the thanksgiving ham cure.
In its initial splendor. This fella is a biggun!!
And with me trusty hacksaw and 18T blade, I made quick work of separating the butt portion from the shank portion..
And she's all snug in her kosher salt bed. I'll need to change it out every couple days. Think I'm gonna need a LOT more salt.. I used half a box for this round alone.
I'm curing the butt end to take to work and pass out some samples. I didn't get pics of that, but, meh..
To be continued, y'all!!
In its initial splendor. This fella is a biggun!!
And with me trusty hacksaw and 18T blade, I made quick work of separating the butt portion from the shank portion..
And she's all snug in her kosher salt bed. I'll need to change it out every couple days. Think I'm gonna need a LOT more salt.. I used half a box for this round alone.
I'm curing the butt end to take to work and pass out some samples. I didn't get pics of that, but, meh..
To be continued, y'all!!
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That thing is a MONSTER !!
Looks like ur gonna be eatin gūūd....
Looks like ur gonna be eatin gūūd....
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Great start, I would love to have a go and do one myself one day? Keep posting and pics please.
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Do you mind sharing the source?? I am not too far from Forney.
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Damon54 wrote:Do you mind sharing the source?? I am not too far from Forney.
I think this is it.
http://clampitscountrykitchen.com/
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Damon54 wrote:Do you mind sharing the source?? I am not too far from Forney.
I'm not in Forney any longer. I moved out from there long ago. There is a meat market I used to frequent in Terrell. I'll dig around a bit and see if I can find the name.
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Russ wrote:Damon54 wrote:Do you mind sharing the source?? I am not too far from Forney.
I think this is it.
http://clampitscountrykitchen.com/
Russ
Yup. That's the place. It's a great little mom and pop place. Good variety, great quality, and with stuff like this, I'll talk to my boss about sourcing from this place.
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Txdragon wrote:Russ wrote:Damon54 wrote:Do you mind sharing the source?? I am not too far from Forney.
I think this is it.
http://clampitscountrykitchen.com/
Russ
Yup. That's the place. It's a great little mom and pop place. Good variety, great quality, and with stuff like this, I'll talk to my boss about sourcing from this place.
I'd love to take a stroll round that place, with a pocket full of cash.
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Russ wrote:
I'd love to take a stroll round that place, with a pocket full of cash.
Russ
No sir.. What you really need to do is stroll around that place with a pocket full of cash and not buy anything at all.. That's a true blue test of discipline right there!!!
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Txdragon wrote:Russ wrote:
I'd love to take a stroll round that place, with a pocket full of cash.
Russ
No sir.. What you really need to do is stroll around that place with a pocket full of cash and not buy anything at all.. That's a true blue test of discipline right there!!!
I have to leave my CC in the car when going to places like that, or I will end up with the store.
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AH YES, another good Hawg Hinny from the "T-Dragon Man" looking forward to the progress on this one
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Following this one with great interest TX.
I got half a hog coming shortly and ain't got a clue
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I got half a hog coming shortly and ain't got a clue
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2 week update! I am moving it on to phase 2; wet sugar cure. It spent 2 weeks covered generously in salt, now a day per lb in the sugar bath. I injected it all over with the solution to help speed things along internally. Should be about 10 days soaking then 4 days to air dry before smoke.
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Here is the butt portion. 20 day cure. Smoked it up today with cherry and mesquite. 6 hours at 275. Turned out wonderfully! I can't wait to finish the shank portion for thanksgiving!!
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That’s one tasty looking project!
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