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A Dying Art

August 9, 2019 by cynelder@me.com 1 Comment

People who don’t live on a farm don’t have a clue that there are many traditions of farming that are dying out. Right off the top of my head I can think of three. These are dying arts because doing these jobs well is an art. Cooking sorghum is a dying art. Jimmy talks so … [Read more…]

Posted in: Fancy Farm Living, Life Stories Tagged: country ham, curing, Dolly Parton, farming, molasses, Porter Waggoner, sorghum, tobacco

Curing Country Hams

March 17, 2015 by cynelder@me.com Leave a Comment

Years ago Jimmy got with a couple of buddies and they decided they were going to cure country hams.  They each put down two hams.  They actually bought a whole hog each, got it processed with the hams, pork chops and sausage.  They were so very excited about it.  And before they went through the … [Read more…]

Posted in: Fancy Farm Living Tagged: country ham, hogs, pork chops, salt, sausage, scalding, smokehouse, smoking, yard hogs

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