>Donna Rose writes:
>
>penmart01 says:
>> >Donna Rose wrote:
>> >
>> >I made a fresh ham, my very first attempt to cook one. I must say, it
>> >was fabulous! I'll definitely buy that cut again.
>> >
>> >I rubbed it with a homemade rub (similar to Emeril's essence), poked lots
>> >of holes in it and stuffed whole garlic cloves inside. I scored the skin
>> >the same way you would on a smoked ham, and it got extra crispy yet most
>> >of the underlying layer of fat dripped out during the cooking process. I
>> >cooked it on the grill, over indirect heat, for about four hours (I kept
>> >the cover closed and kept the temperature at around 350F).
>>
>> Oboy! Fresh ham is the best cut of meat there is, if I had to choose only
>one
>> cut of meat to subsist on for my entire life it would be fresh ham.
>>
>I was amazed how delicious it was! Juicy, melt-in-your-mouth tender! It
>was wonderful. Don't know why I never made one of these before - I've
>eaten it many times - my ex FIL used to cook them all the time.
>
>> Fresh ham is wonderful, especially grilled as you describe... next time
>have
>> your ham boned and stuff it with fruit, nuts, wild 'shrooms and crumbs,
>some
>> olives too. No cured ham can compare with a fresh ham... cured ham is
>nothing
>> more than preserved meat... would be like going out for dinner and ordering
>the
>> beef jerky platter instead of a perfectly grilled porterhouse. I mean
>> sometimes a fistful of Slim Jims with a six pack fills the bill, but for a
>> steady diet that's for those with their taste in their ass.
>>
>I actually downloaded a recipe for a stuffed fresh ham, but as this was
>my first venture, I decided to just go simple this time around. I'll
>definitely try a stuffed one next time.
>
>A cured ham, to me, is nothing more than luncheon meat...lots and lots of
>luncheon meat. Definitely has its place, but not my idea of a holiday
>meal.

Exactly.

SMITHFIELD, PROSCIUTTO WESTPHALIAN, and all the rest, they're as you say,
luncheon meat. Why someone would pay $15/lb for what before preserving cost a
buck twenty five a pound is beyond all rationale... only proves once again that
most folks have their taste in their ass.


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