251 - Pairing Country Ham with Bourbon Drams with Steve Coomes

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🗓️ 30 April 2020

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Bourbon and ham, is that a pairing you would expect? To be honest, neither did I. I’m a sucker for killing a plate of prosciutto at a dinner party, but thanks to our guest Steve Coomes, we’ve discovered a new love for country ham. When done right, the saltiness of the ham just hits all the right spots. We sit down with Steve as he talks to us about a past life as a pizza judge (yes, a pizza judge!) and then we get into hams. The diet of the pigs, curing processes, and even his professional opinion of those ham legs you see hanging inside rickhouses. I think it will surprise you. Of course, it wouldn’t be complete if we didn’t do a bourbon and ham pairing. Try not to salivate too much. Show Notes: Bourbon in a Decanter: Does is go bad? https://advancedmixology.com/blogs/art-of-mixology/does-bourbon-go-bad-in-decanter This week’s Above the Char with Fred Minnick talks about Derby. How did you get into spirits writing? Tell us about your bourbon and ham parings. Talk about your culinary background. How do you judge a pizza? Tell us about the hams you brought today. How do you come up with the pairings? Are the pigs fed a specific diet? What is the difference in the thickness of country ham and prosciutto. Tell us about curing. What sizes do hams come in? What flavors are you looking for when pairing? How much does this ham cost? Where can you buy country ham? What do you think about hams aging in rickhouses?

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0:00.0	The country ham industry is its own worst enemy many times in understanding what it needs to do to make itself look on par with Italian cured hambs.
0:10.1	Yeah, you tell my wife, it's charcutory.
0:11.9	She's like, oh, yeah.
0:12.7	He says, country ham, she's like, oh, no, no way.
0:15.6	It's like, it's the same thing. Welcome to episode 251 of Bourbon Pursuit.
0:29.6	I hope you all are hanging in there with your quarantine hair, because I know right now mine's looking pretty shaggy, I'm due for a haircut.
0:36.3	But before I get to the news I want to
0:38.2	tell you once again about whiskey from home with the help of some of the best names in bourbon
0:43.0	we are doing a five and a half hour live stream of whiskey soaked entertainment on may
0:48.3	second starting at 12 p.m. Eastern so right now go to whiskey from home.com and get your free ticket. There's sessions
0:56.5	on bourbon history, the best bourbons on the shelf right now, blind flights, how to hunt
1:01.6	for great bourbon, a virtual food pairing with Peggy No. Stevens, and a virtual bourbon
1:06.9	tasting with our good friend, Fred Minnick. The shopping list for everything that you need to
1:11.9	follow along is at Whiskey from Home.com, so go there, check it out. It's a free event, so come and
1:18.1	spend your Saturday afternoon with us. Now, bourbon into decanter. Does it go bad? This is a
1:24.1	question that was asked and answered with extensive research from advanced mixology.com.
1:29.3	After you buy a bottle of bourbon, how should it be stored?
1:31.3	Does it stay preserved for years or even decades of left unopened?
1:35.3	What about the canting of bourbon? Can it go bad then?
1:39.3	Well, it all comes down to erration, and without giving too much of it away,
1:43.3	you can read all the answers to these questions to the link from advancedmixology.com in our show notes.
1:50.3	For today's podcast, we talk about bourbon and ham.
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