Raw country ham

[Anonymous No.12668023]

Sup /ck/. I just bought a bone in, smoked and salted country ham. A Portuguese friend of mine says it's safe to eat raw and sliced thin like Prosciutto. But I cant find any solid advice anywhere online and people go back and forth on it. Am I asking for tricconelli if I serve this raw with melon? Or is this just American paranoia about food safety?

[Anonymous No.12668035]

Throw it out and make a summer salad

[Anonymous No.12668042]

>>12668023
you got a bentons ham? those are totally fine to eat as is, I kept mine in a closet for months and ate slices off it all the time

[Anonymous No.12668046]

>>12668023
American pigs are fed dodgy chemicals and have to be IV dripped a steady stream of antibiotics from birth because it's cheaper and less labor intensive than actually maintaining cleanliness in the freakish CAFO facilities, I wouldn't eat it even if it was burned to a crisp let alone raw, regardless of microorganisms (I assume whatever lives in those things can't be killed by any medicine known to man because those microbes were all bred for superpowers by corrupt, morally repugnant agribusiness)

The reason you guys aren't aware of this is that it's illegal to engage in journalism concerning agribusiness in the United States, it's considered a terrorism offence. But we can read about it in other countries and this is why, for instance, your chicken meat is banned.

[Anonymous No.12668051]

>>12668023
Yes, it's safe to eat without doing anything to it.

[Anonymous No.12668059]

>>12668046
There's also a highly active internet advocacy movement that attempts to equate any discussion of food safety as some kind of veganism. Am*ricans are bombarded with a steady stream of propaganda that teaches them that high quality food is for foreign faggots and probably isn't even real. The idea of ethically raised, healthy meat is completely alien to them and they will get hostile and confused when the issue is raised.

[Anonymous No.12668067]

>>12668042
It's a gonsalves. It's been aged for 4 months and I've had it for another month. I've currently got it hanging in my cellar with a fan circulating air around it. It has cooking instructions for preparation on the bag, but doesnt say that it needs to be cooked before eating...think I'm gonna just go for it

[Anonymous No.12668068]

>>12668046
What ever the fuck you're smoking, I sure hope you ain't using it to cure ham.

>>12668023
It's fine. But cook it in a casserole like a plebe if you're such a cowardly bitch.

[Anonymous No.12668071]

>>12668068

[Anonymous No.12668074]

>>12668046
But but but, what about muh USDA certification stamp??

[Anonymous No.12668078]

>>12668059
>Americans eat literal poison but are somehow still alive

Shut the fuck up already.

[Anonymous No.12668095]

>>12668078
>technically I'm alive therefore no one can say if this food is any better or worse than that food, it is all subjective

[Anonymous No.12668096]

FACT: American corporate farmers dust every newborn calf and piglet with toxic super drugs to keep the animals from dying on the spot.

FACT: Food processed in America contains more cancer causing agents than vegetables from Chernobyl.

FACT: If you eat three McDonalds cheeseburgers you will have a stroke minutes later.

FACT: Taco Bell is made of from human corpses and kerosene soaked drywall.

[Anonymous No.12668097]

>>12668023
Hickory smoked means it's fully cooked, you idiot.

[Anonymous No.12668119]

>>12668097
No that's AMERICA ham. He's gonna be dosed with trichinosis. There will be worms eating into their brains unless that shit is boiled and slathered in cheese.

[Anonymous No.12668251]

>>12668023
Can get Iberian shoulder for €20 but need to know,does it need to be refrigerated once cut?

[Anonymous No.12668260]

>>12668096
>FACT: Food processed in America contains more cancer causing agents than vegetables from Chernobyl.
god i hope this is true

[Anonymous No.12668268]

>>12668097
Not if it's cold smoked

[Anonymous No.12668276]

>>12668260
You did everything right, comrade.

[Anonymous No.12668287]

>>12668023
>I just bought a bone in, smoked and salted country ham. A Portuguese friend of mine says it's safe to eat raw and sliced thin like Prosciutto.
He's wrong.

This requires soaking to get out some of the salt. Alton Brown did a whole country ham vs "city ham" (a term he made up). Pay attention to the ice chest soaking and prep he does before cooking a whole country ham.

[Anonymous No.12668327]

>>12668042
>sodium nitrite

Yikes and not even any ascorbic acid to counteract it, enjoy the nitrosamines

[Anonymous No.12668343]

>>12668327
blow it out your cum filled soy boy ass

[Anonymous No.12668348]

>>12668327
am i being trolled

[Anonymous No.12668354]

>>12668343
Youre intestines will be falling out of your ass with tumours. Btw im not vegan, but consuming nitrites is carcinogenic for anyone who is concerned about their health they should be avoided that includes in bacon and deli meats too.

[Anonymous No.12668362]

>>12668348
In the presence of stomach acid nitrites can be converted into nitrosamines which are carcinogenic. Ascorbic acid is usually added to products preserved with nitrites as ascorbic acid helps prevent nitrite to nitrosamine conversion.

[Anonymous No.12668369]

>>12668023
I work on food safety, i also work with somoked ham. Here in Portugal, slaughter houses are provided with a lab to search for "tricconelli", we must take a samples from all pig. There's never been and outburst in Portugal. Smoked ham is one of the safest products you can eat, it has much salt and very water activity. not many mOs can grow on it, just pay attention to molds and mites. enjoy

[Anonymous No.12668417]

>>12668354
Can this meme die already? It increases your risk by like, .2%. Its fucking nothing

[Anonymous No.12668421]

>>12668343
>So much country in that photo
>weak as fuck tier belt buckle

This man had it all but lost it trying to keep his pants up.

[Anonymous No.12668601]

just bought this, hope it didnt get memed like that /deenz/ shit

[Anonymous No.12668611]

Why is that brand $75, is that a normal price?

[Anonymous No.12668625]

>>12668354
Many vegetables have far more nitrates than cured meats. For example, when I dry cure a 6kg pork belly for bacon, I use 14g Cure#1 (93.75% salt/6.25% sodium nitrite). You can clearly see it's a minimal amount.

https://www.livestrong.com/article/541308-fruits-vegetables-that-are-high-in-nitrates/

[Anonymous No.12668657]

>>12668601
27 pounds for 4 kilo of serrano (with a knife and a stand) seems kinda cheap. Don't expect the highest quality.
Cut it as thin as you can when it arrives for best flavor and keep it covered with a cloth at room temp.

[Anonymous No.12668666]

>>12668657
yeah just want to try it out before buying something more expensive, it says on the site to keep it somewhere dark and ventilated, would a closed cupboard be ok?, dont want flies getting to it

[Anonymous No.12668681]

>>12668362
Read the most recent literature. Bacteria in the mouth contribute to a significant amount of nitrites, as do many vegetables.

[Anonymous No.12668713]

>>12668023
>smoked and salted country ham
>safe to eat raw
It's not raw it's smoked and salted

[Anonymous No.12668741]

>>12668625
Literally read the first few sentences of that link and understand how you invalidated your own point. No, I'm not the same anon. Consuming nitrate is perfectly fine in my book it's good for the pump, but read your fucking link if you're going to post it.

[Anonymous No.12668764]

>>12668362
MUH FOOD IS CARCINOGENIC

fuck off retard

[Anonymous No.12668766]

>>12668741
Sorry, what are you jibbering about again?

[Anonymous No.12669026]

>>12668666
My parents bought one of these things once and kept it in the kitchen covered with a kitchen towel. Shit was cash, man.
And when I was in Barcelona a few years ago I saw the hams hanging above the bar counter.

[Anonymous No.12669214]

>>12669026
>saw the hams hanging above the bar counter.
still confused about flies, they bother with it because its cured or something?

[Anonymous No.12669281]

>>12668764
t.cancer

[Anonymous No.12669308]

>>12668023
of course its not safe raw you fucking baboon ,cook you're fucking meat.

[Anonymous No.12669326]

>>12668095
>WEIRD OLD PEOPLE LOOK BAD!!!!
ok euro, enjoy your youth while it lasts you vain faggot

[Anonymous No.12669337]

>>12668260
You did everything right, comrade.

[Anonymous No.12669790]

>>12668251
Cured ham? No. Cover it with a washcloth or other towel so it doesn't get dry.