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 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
- ☆ PREMIUM COUNTRY HAM STEAKS☆ - Ray's "Black Label" promises two pounds of ¼" thick hand cut and selected Premium Country Ham Steaks taken from the center of the Ray's prize Country Hams. Cured in Ray Goad's Original Style from the heart of the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina. Now you can treat with your family to the highest quality authentic Country Ham Center-Cut Steaks available anywhere with free home delivery.
- ☆ THE COUNTRY HAM DIFFERENCE☆ - If you are looking for North Carolina/Virginia natural aged salt & air cured Country Ham, you will find Ray's Original Style Blue Ridge Mountain Cured County Ham to be FIVE STARS! You can expect our ham to be saltier than today's honey cured 'city hams,' and pairs with salads or other recipes calling for its Italian cousin prosciutto! SATISFACTION GUARANTEE to those seeking the traditional taste of genuine Country Ham!
- ☆ TRADITIONAL COUNTRY 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. Ray's aged dry-cured Premium Country Ham Steaks will bring back in grand style that familiar aroma and taste of home we never forget.
- ☆ EACH PACKAGE INCLUDES TWO CENTER SLICE STEAKS OF THE BEST PREMIUM QUALITY COUNTRY HAM.☆ - Those who know how real Country Ham tastes, choose Ray's Country Ham knowing it comes from a family dedicated to this traditional artisanal craft for nearly 75 years! And those who want the very best Country Ham available today can find it in these Premium Country Ham Steaks.
Additional Information
Manufacturer: | Cured for Ray's Country Ham Company, LLC, Mt. Airy N.C. USDA Est. #7431 |
Brand: | Ray's Country Ham |
Publisher: | Cured for Ray's Country Ham Company, LLC, Mt. Airy N.C. USDA Est. #7431 |
Studio: | Cured for Ray's Country Ham Company, LLC, Mt. Airy N.C. USDA Est. #7431 |
UPC: | 864942000432 |
EAN: | 0864942000432 |
Package Weight: | 2.43 pounds |
Package Size: | 6.89 x 3.54 x 3.54 inches |
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