Rays Country Ham - 2 1/4 lb. 3-Pack - Blue Ridge Mountain Cured

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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!
A TASTE FROM ANOTHER PLACE IN TIME - Ray Goad was the original pioneer of the fast food "breakfast" serving his famous Country Ham biscuits. Now you can share with your family that traditional flavor of authentic Country Ham with free delivery.
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 Country Ham will bring back that familiar aroma and taste of home we never forget.
EACH PACKAGE INCLUDES CENTER SLICE AND END CUTS OF THE BEST PREMIUM QUALITY COUNTRY HAM. - Those who know how real Country Ham tastes, choose Ray's Country Ham slices knowing it comes from a family dedicated to this traditional artisanal craft for nearly 75 years!

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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.