Need directions for sugar curing hams. Does anyone know how?

[Pumpkinpup]

I was not certain where to put this post but this seemed the most likely.

I want to sugar cure some hams in the future and need someone to teach me how to do it. I figured with the wide tallents of the BYC family that someone here has the know how for this art

Please share

 

[hencackle]

Try checking your library for an old edition of Stocking Up: How to Preserve the Foods You Grow Naturally.

Or...you can use this link.

 

[Pumpkinpup]

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WOW! Thanks for that great link! That was so very informative!!

 

[Sir Birdaholic]

I sugar cure my own. Keep the temperature below 45 degrees. Build or find a shallow wooden box. I mix 50% brown sugar & 50% salt together. Put a good amount in the box, add ham, & put a thick layer of mix over the meat. Every day for 5 days, re-coat ham with mix. After 5 days, rinse the ham & ENJOY! You can buy sugar cure, but I think mine tastes better than store bought. I trap ferrel pigs, so I have cured ALOT of hams, & they're DELICIOUS!!

 

[Pumpkinpup]

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Thanks so much! How do you store your hams after they are cured?

 

[robot rooster]

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Thanks so much! How do you store your hams after they are cured?

Thanks! great information! About to take my hogs to the butcher!