It has skin!!!!!

[greyhound]

I'm so disappointed that our country has become so detached from our food sources. All people know is that chicken, beef, and pork come from the plastic wrapped trays in the supermarket.

We buy whole hogs and sometimes you find hair........

 

[Mateo]

And it is creeping me out

I am making my first ham. And I peeled off the paper and there was all this leathery skin!!!!

I want to use this recipe

Baked Ham with Low Carb Maple Bourbon Glaze Recipe: Recipes: Food Network

But how do I deal with the SKIN!!!! Yuck. Damn. Creeping me out.

Cook it with the rest. The Filipinos call it "Lichone" , the Chinese serve it with fried rice , and I think elsewhere you can buy the dried product as either "pork rinds" or chichirones. Beelieve me, its tasty.

 

[desertrat]

Why does the skin have to be so thick

So footballs don't explode when they are kicked.

 

[belvak]

 

[RadioPatrol]

I'm so disappointed that our country has become so detached from our food sources. All people know is that chicken, beef, and pork come from the plastic wrapped trays in the supermarket.

do you butcher your own meat ?

 

[migtig]

Rip it off with your teeth.

Pretend you're killing a live pig with only your hands and teeth. Make loud pig noises while you do it.

If you have any fake blood today is the day to try it out. Dump it on your face and in your hair and on your clothes about half-way through to simulate an arterial death-strike.


Let out a primal scream when you're done, and hold the carcass over your head triumphantly.

You read "Lord of the Flies" one too many times as a youth.

 

[Cowgirl]

do you butcher your own meat ?

Currently, no, but I have in the past.

 

[shmltn]

Well, Hubby came home and trimmed it and rolled his eyes at me.

Wow, you've got a good man there! I remember the first time I went to cook trout almondine. When I took the fish out of the package to rinse it, the feel of the scales creeped me out and I dropped it into the sink. I tried again to pick it up but couldn't. I went outside to my boyfriend and told him, "The feel of the scales on the fish are creeping me out. It feels like a fish." He said, "So, what'd'ya want me to do about it?" I figured he really didn't want to hear that I wanted him to come in and take care of it so I just bit the bullet and did it. I empoyed tactics similar to when I cooked my first chicken [thighs], which creeped me out because I could feel the muscles and it just made me think of how it was an animals flesh. I just kept telling myself that it had to be done if I wanted to eat, and that millions upon millions of people do it everyday with no problems. lol. I had no idea there is a skin on a ham, I've never cooked one. It would creep me out too.