Bubba pepper44 writes:
>
>Steve Calvin wrote:
>> Levelwave© wrote:
>>> Nancree wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks to all of you who answered my question on "What is fresh ham?".
>>>
>>> I'm guessing 'fresh hams' aren't found at the local stupidmarket?
>>
>> Rarely, if ever. A local farmer or local butcher maybe able to get you
>> one but it would probably need to be ordered well ahead of time.
>>
>Must depend on where you live...If I hunt around I can usually find one
>any time of the year, and around the holidays most of the stores in town
>carry them.

Fresh ham is for the most part a seasonal cut in the US, traditionally only
available around Christmas/New Year and Easter. At other times of the year
people just don't tend to cook such large cuts, and fresh ham has a rather
short shelf life, and is too lean for sausage, which is why most are cured.
Fresh ham also doesn't freeze well or it would be readily available all year as
is frozen turkey. But if you are on good terms with a local butcher shop, ie.
a steady customer, they will special order for you. Also, in larger cities,
especially in ethnic neighborhoods, fresh ham will be show cased all year....
fresh ham is always available at Hispanic markets... right next to the pig
trotters, pernil, and penises. Where I used to live on Lung Guyland the
Hispanic markets, and there were many, commonly sold large pork cuts, in fact
whole 100lb pigs were always at the ready... Hispanics would typically have the
entire family over for a weekend pig roast.... now yer talkin' REAL Q, none of
that pansy assed white man crapola yoose guys is always arguing about.... and
they don't need any fancy contraption... just dig a huge hole in the ground.


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