gone up against the Virginia and Kentucky hams and come out on top. "I have so many people tell me that they're surprised when they taste our hams," he said. "They say the country...Psst! Learn the secrets... E-mail us The Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) March 23, 2005 Psst! Learn the secrets of COUNTRY HAM Months of dry curing gives porker its delicious... the city ham in the store and take home its country cousin instead. "People don't know about cooking country ham, except trying it up for breakfast," said Charlie Tripp Jr., owner...

A Sure Cure E-mail us Shaved country ham with melon and prosecco On a warm, sticky Sunday in June, some friends from the Memphis food community gathered to sample a country ham... is in fact precisely the same thing as those country hams that are soaked, sliced thick and cooked to death here at home. At this year's convention of the International Association... of Culinary Professionals, I listened to Ari Weinzweig, CEO of the legendary Zingerman's in Ann Arbor, MI, make the case for treating American country ham the same as Europe's...