Where is everyone getting the Christmas hams?

[buckeyefarmer]

Re: Where is everyone getting their Christmas hams?

Had grilled halibut in alaska, that was really good.

 

[JRobyn]

I'm pretty sure that there is some law (or maybe just liability fears?) that restaurants or any commercial establishment MUST cook any fresh meat to the USDA or FDA standard minimum internal temperature. That's why it is no longer possible to get properly cooked salmon (or CHICKEN!) out anywhere.

 

[ultrarunner]

Best ham I have ever had comes from a small family owned meat market here in Yelm, they cure and smoke their own ham, bacon, pepperoni and jerky. They will wrap the ham in baking paper with instructions on cooking it in the paper.
The name of the shop is Stewarts, the main store is in Yelm, it's old and funky with sawdust on the floor, usually customers are lined up about four deep at the counter (take a number ticket please to be wasted on) and they have a space in the Olympia farmers market as well.

Thanks for the tip... will remember for next year... never stopped but drive by on my way to the Mckenna Post Office...

My Sister in Law was hosting Christmas but my niece came down with a bug... she had ordered a Honey Bake 12 ham and it took 3 attempts to retrieve... simply didn't have enough time on lunch break to pick up as the line went around the store... no exaggeration!

So Christmas was plan B and Prime Rib at another home...

 

[frugalangler]

some of the best I've ever bought comes from a place in a small Missouri town in the Ozarks area, Burgers' Smokehouse

Hickory Smoked Meats | Burgers' Smokehouse | Mail Order Meat | Gourmet Foods Delivery

And, they ship FREE to just about anywhere US except AK, HI, VI, PR, APO, and FPO are special added charges

 

[dragoneggs]

I'm pretty sure that there is some law (or maybe just liability fears?) that restaurants or any commercial establishment MUST cook any fresh meat to the USDA or FDA standard minimum internal temperature. That's why it is no longer possible to get properly cooked salmon (or CHICKEN!) out anywhere.

You know, I think you nailed it.

 

[/pine]

What about places that sell sushi or steak tartare or the places that sell grilled tuna that is still transparent in the middle?...most oyster bars have warning signs about eating raw bivalves but they still sell them...?

 

[FTG-05]

I'm pretty sure that there is some law (or maybe just liability fears?) that restaurants or any commercial establishment MUST cook any fresh meat to the USDA or FDA standard minimum internal temperature. That's why it is no longer possible to get properly cooked salmon (or CHICKEN!) out anywhere.

That's why I've told my wife to stop buying roasted chickens from Sams Club, Costco or Publix: way overcooked. Barely edible the day they're brought home, only usable as dog food the next day.

 

[/pine]

That's why I've told my wife to stop buying roasted chickens from Sams Club, Costco or Publix: way overcooked. Barely edible the day they're brought home, only usable as dog food the next day.

Grocery stores started frying and rotisserieing chickens so they didn't have to throw them away after they were too old to sell as fresh...before that they often washed chicken in a mild bleach solution and repackaged them for a few more days...

 

[/pine]

I'm not making light of two tragic deaths in the main story but the last part seemed to have some irony in it...
The headline reads: Border Patrol Agent, 2 Others Dead After Collision With Hog
Border Patrol Agent, 2 Others Dead After Collision With Hog - The New York Times

Here is the last part of the story...

Texas has a growing hog population that causes millions of dollars' worth of damage to crops each year. Around the country, feral hogs do more than $1.5 billion a year in damage. They damage crops and hay fields and can spread dozens of diseases.
Continue reading the main story

Scientists are field testing poison baits made from a preservative that's used to cure bacon and sausage as a way to control the hogs. Tests will start early in 2018 in West Texas and continue in central Alabama around midsummer.

 

[buckeyefarmer]

some of the best I've ever bought comes from a place in a small Missouri town in the Ozarks area, Burgers' Smokehouse

Hickory Smoked Meats | Burgers' Smokehouse | Mail Order Meat | Gourmet Foods Delivery

And, they ship FREE to just about anywhere US except AK, HI, VI, PR, APO, and FPO are special added charges

My brother just sent some to my dad from there.