Pink Eggs and Ham

A short follow up to the smoked ham and chicken post from last Monday. Big man had our country ham in the smoker at the time, and it turned out well enough we thought we should share. The smoker was working just right, just a whisp of blue smoke, and Fraidy Mutt enjoyed the smoke time to grab a nap by the fire.

While the ham was smoking, Cousin Eddie and the family stopped by for a photo op

After some picture shenanigans, the ham hit an internal temp of 140*, so we took it off and gave it a slice

Tender, Juicy and a little salty, just like a country ham should be.  We also whipped up a batch of potato soup for Christmas as well. The potatoes and carrots came from our garden, we even dug the carrots the morning of Christmas eve. Now that's fresh.

And we thought it was funny that we had just mentioned how the ladies had just started laying eggs again, then we found a HUGE egg Tuesday morning. As you can see, a large egg is nothing compared to this egg.

We couldn't even get the carton closed with this one in it. We hope the poor girl who left us this one takes a day off.
..."And now you know, the REST of the story"
K&K