How long will a dried "country ham" keep?
 

And what would be the best way to store it to maximize its shelf life?

Beans and rice without any ham is just plain WRONG!

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I've heard of Hams being more than 100 years old....smithfields in VA

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Amen, brother. I've been cooking a lot with beans and rice lately cause I figure I should know what I'm doing with food storage before TSHTF. But all the recipes seem to call for ham, ham bone, smoked butt, sausage, bacon, salt pork... What to do without them? Does anybody have a recipe for beans and rice without pork, chicken or beef?

Re: How long will a dried "country ham" keep?
 

got one for squirrel, another that uses armadillo[the other white meat], and a pretty good one with halibut.

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:haha:

You have my oldest boy at your place?????

My Mom used to buy canned bacon years ago ('60's & 70's) but she can't remember the name brand. It came in tall can (about like the family-sized Bush's Beans). Great stuff either fried or cut into chunks in a pot of beans. I don't know how to "dry" ham, so I've been I've been looking everywhere for canned bacon, but can't find any. Anyone have any ideas? I'm with the rest of you, beans without pork should be a felony.

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I recently put up some pinto beans in buckets.....I stuck several canned hams in the buckets along with them for that very reason.

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I don't know what the shelf life is, but I highly recommend www.smokehouse.com it's Burgers' smokehouse in missouri, and they deliver UPS. Great bacon, too.

Maybe you could Email them and find out which style of ham has the longest shelf life.

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According to this it will keep as long as needed. I did read that if the fat content was below 65% it helped extend the life span..

http://www.vapeanuts.com/virginia-ham-faq.html

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Something like this?:D:wink:

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I tried it and it works...Something to remember when using this recipe: keep the grease off everything! You will have trouble getting the lids to seal if you allow thegrease to splatter on the jar rims or on the lids and rings. Do everything slowly and carefully to keep everything clean. One more thing....this is not a USDA approved method, can bacon at your own risk.




You will need:


1 Pound of bacon for each quart jar

Parchment paper

Roasting pan or other pan for the oven

Quart jars, lids, rings and Pressure Cooker

Procedure:
Boil jars, lids and rings for 10 minutes, keep simmering.

Get water in Pressure Cooker boiling

Trim long sheets of parchment paper so that they will fit, rolled up in a quart jar. The paper should not be any wider than the jars are tall from their bottom to their necks.

Lay strips of bacon on a baking pan or roasting pan and pre-cook in a 350* F oven until they are about 2/3 their original length, but do not cook them until they are crisp. If they are crisp when they are placed in the jars, they will crumble.

After pre-cooking, place the strips of bacon, still limp, on a sheet of trimmed parchment parchment paper. Roll the paper and bacon up and insert this roll into a hot, sterilized quart jar.

Pour the grease from the bacon into the jar, do not fill more than 2/3 full of grease.

Process at 10 pounds pressure for 1 1/2 hours. Higher elevations should use 11 pounds pressure.

To cook: Open sealed jar, unroll paper and remove bacon. Cook bacon in a skillet until crisp.




How much easier could it be?




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HaHaHa.....that's where I buy mine , my dad was raised not far from there.

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This made me think of a canned bacon I used to buy, it was wrapped in parchment paper and stuffed into a can.....can't remember the name, didn't but it that many times, I used to keep it in my camper for lake trips.

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LOL,came out kinda large...:bear_tongue:
They open a 20 year old can here...
http://www.canned-bacon.com/

IS THE PICTURE BIG ENOUGH!!??


http://i34.photobucket.com/albums/d1...f_HPIM0351.jpg

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That's the stuff....it came outta the can all greazy HAHA

Where it says made in "hungry" on the can is what cinched it for me because after seeing that I remembered it was made in Hungry...yup that's the same stuff