H omes around the country celebrate Easter, Christmas and other holidays by making ham the star of the meal. In fact, Americans purchase over 300 million pounds of ham over the ho ...

Ham's shelf life depends on factors like whether it is cured, cooked, or sealed in an unopened package. Look for these signs ...

So, what's the difference? The preservation process is at the heart of the distinction between cured and uncured ham. Cured ham undergoes treatment with a blend of salts, nitrates, and sugars to ...

A little over a month ago, I strolled into my local Costco to check a hammy box off of my culinary bucket list: I bought the Noel Consorcio Jamon Serrano Bone-In Ham Leg, a 14-pound cured hunk of ...

We added the sodium nitrite mixture and filled the tub with distilled water until the ham was submerged. With the lid on, we put in the fridge and let it cure. Using Blonder's calculator ...

One of my favorite ways to prepare a fresh ham is to cure it in a brine before roasting, which means that if I want the meat to be moist and the cracklings “perfectly blistered and crispy ...

"Ham has a history of being a preserved food ... pigs were typically slaughtered in the fall, then cured to preserve the meat, making it a great meal for the winter season." ...