Product Description & Reviews
75-YEAR-OLD FAMILY TRADITION
Ray and Geneva Goad opened their first Ray's Restaurant, at the end of WWII. Ray became the innovator of the fast food breakfast and the very first to serve country ham and sausage biscuits. Ray's Breakfast Biscuits have become the foundation of much of America's breakfast menu today. Ray's name and legacy are now being preserved by his family, with Ray's natural air-cured Blue Ridge Mountain Country Ham, in the authentic style preserved by the traditional methods originated on the family farms of Appalachia. Thin Sliced for tenderness and shelf-safe vacuum packed for your convenience.
TIME PROVEN NATURAL FOOD PRESERVATION
Curing Country Ham harks back to the way food was preserved on the family farms of Appalachia before electricity and refrigeration. Born of necessity and handed from one generation to another, it has been elevated to a culinary art form. The family tradition of butchering hogs in the late fall allowed for them to cure ham before the cold winter months by rubbing them with salt, and sugar, and other spices to begin a curing process.
A TASTE FROM ANOTHER PLACE IN TIME
Today those traditions are being kept alive in in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. Only a few families have continued to perfect dry curing with modern food science techniques that enhance the natural curing process by duplicating the annual seasons of Winter, Spring, Summer, and Fall that creates the distinctive taste that can only be described as Ray's Country Ham.
.NOTES ON TASTE
Country hams are drastically different from their more common cousin, the wet-cured ham. One of the most distinctive flavors of Country Ham is its salty taste, which is to be expected. Ray's blends this with the unique flavors found only in Blue Ridge Mountain Country Ham.
Features & Highlights
- ☆ CAROLINA COUNTRY HAM ☆ - We offer a premium whole bone-in aged naturally dry-cured Country Ham in Ray's Original Blue Ridge Mountain style delivered directly to your kitchen. We think that you will find it to be nothing less than America's Best!
- ☆ A TASTE FROM ANOTHER PLACE IN TIME☆ - We follow the traditional methods for curing hams that our family as used for generations. As it is aged with the seasonal changes in temperature, the once humble ham became what can only be called a Country Ham, with the addictive taste, aroma and texture like no other.
- ☆ AGED SALT & DRY CURED HAM.☆ - The best Country Ham harks back to the way food was preserved on the family farms of Appalachia before electricity and refrigeration. Methods handed from one generation to another curing hams naturally by rubbing them with salt, and sugar, and other spices creating that distinctive taste that can only be described as Country Ham.
- ☆ SURPRISE YOUR FRIENDS & FAMILY WITH A GIFT OF COUNTRY HAM☆ - Sharing of good food is our way of showing we care. When families relocate, often they can't find the foods and tastes they remember and long for. A Whole Bone-in Ray's aged dry-cured Country Ham will bring back that familiar aroma and taste of home we never forget.
- ☆ COMPLETE WITH AN "OWNER'S MANUAL."☆ - From the day your ham arrived from our farms, we have followed the traditional artisanal methods for curing hams that our family has for used for nearly 75 years! We care so much about our hams we include with each Whole Country Ham complete instructions for how to care for your ham and the options for preparing it to be enjoyed.
Additional Information
| Manufacturer: | Cured for Ray's Country Ham Company, LLC, Mt. Airy, North Carolina USA |
| Brand: | Ray's Country Ham |
| Publisher: | Cured for Ray's Country Ham Company, LLC, Mt. Airy, North Carolina USA |
| Studio: | Cured for Ray's Country Ham Company, LLC, Mt. Airy, North Carolina USA |
| UPC: | 864942000449 |
| EAN: | 0864942000449 |
| Package Weight: | 15 pounds |
| Package Size: | 11.5 x 6 x 6 inches |
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