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Default Sources for Virginia - Country hams??

Sqwertz wrote:
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> This (both acorns and chestnuts) was done all over the world and
> wasn't a characteristic of Smithfield as much as it's cure/method.
> It would be nice, though, go back in time and get some of the real
> pork where the flavor hasn't been bred out of them in the name of
> convenience.


Ah, yes. The good old days.

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