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Thread #42360   Message #615437
Posted By: catspaw49
23-Dec-01 - 04:00 PM
Thread Name: BS: Country Ham
Subject: RE: BS: Country Ham
Country Ham is salt cured Mort.....Quite literally packed in salt during the curing process. It's known as "Country Ham" because it was the most common and least expensive method used by rural poor folk who processed their own meat. Sugar curing is a more expensive process and the ham doesn't last as long either without refrigeration.

Spaw