I fucking love country ham. My dad mailed me one he got from Ronnie’s (sp?). Cooked my first one and it was delicious. Made some Brunswick Stew to go with.
Then i was asking my dad about whether country ham was ubiquitous across the south or mainly popular in Virginia and Carolinas.
That led us to this article on the history of country ham:
https://gardenandgun.com/articles/history-country-ham/
And it includes this gem:
Anyways. If you like it, or don’t, share your experiences of eating it growing up or encountering it for the first time.
Then i was asking my dad about whether country ham was ubiquitous across the south or mainly popular in Virginia and Carolinas.
That led us to this article on the history of country ham:
https://gardenandgun.com/articles/history-country-ham/
And it includes this gem:
In his Histories of the Dividing Line betwixt Virginia and North Carolina, Virginian William Byrd II writes that North Carolinians eat so much pork that
it “makes them likewise extremely hoggish in their Temper, & many of them seem to Grunt rather than Speak in their ordinary conversation.”
Anyways. If you like it, or don’t, share your experiences of eating it growing up or encountering it for the first time.