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How to Cook a Ham in the Oven

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Cooking ham is not easy because respecting the right time and temperature is a must for achieving the optimum tenderness and flavor. These factors depend on the amount of the ham and the way it will be cooked. Ham can be purchased in two forms: city ham (you can find it in any grocery store and it comes pre-cooked) and country ham, which is sold uncooked, in most of the cases. Each of these two types of ham can be bone-in or boneless. All these variations, as well as the weight of the ham have an impact on the way the ham will be cooked, so you should search for proper guidelines about cooking temperature and time, otherwise you risk undercooking it and develop a food-borne illness. Besides these guidelines, you should also consider using a meat thermometer. The steps of cooking a ham in the oven • Step 1: Preheat your oven and do the initial preparations: wash the ham, make diagonal cuts in order to enable glaze penetration and place the ham in a roasting pan. • Step 2: Place th...
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Nutritional Information About Pork

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Pork in its natural form is low in sodium chloride and has rich protein content. It is also a source of substances that a healthy body needs (minerals like iron, phosphorus, potassium, magnesium and zinc, B vitamins such as B6, B12, nicotinic acid, thiamine and riboflavin). • Protein A portion of 100 g pork meat represents about half of the daily protein requirements of an adult body. • Fats The fat content of the pork meat depends on the part from which it comes (chest, chop, etc.). Pork contains less saturated fats and more unsaturated fats. It also contains conjugated linoleic acid, used to help the body fight against diseases. • Iron Pork is also rich in iron; a portion of 100 g of pork meat provides about 15% of the daily iron requirements. • Zinc The consumption of 100 g of pork provides 30% of the daily zinc requirements. According to recent studies, people who exclude meat from any type of diet have zinc deficiency; Zinc, iron and vitamin D that exist in red meat are ab...
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Helpful Hints for Busy Moms

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1. Give yourself enough time for rest If you have a few free hours, take advantage of them and get some rest, so you can continue working properly after that. Otherwise, you will be slower, and you will lose even more time. Schedule your sleep, go to bed as early as possible and encourage your children to follow this example. 2. Learn to say no You do not even have to go to all the school activities and meetings, or accept additional work projects. Initially, it may seem difficult to refuse, but when you chose to be a mother, you must learn to determine your priorities. In addition, when setting limits, you also teach children about their value. 3. Schedule your working hours within normal limits Before accepting to take on new responsibilities, clearly determine what the employer wants from you in terms of actual hours of work. Over time, everyday activities and work projects increase inevitably, so it is good to check from time to time exactly what is expected from you, and once...
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Time Saving Tips for Winter Holiday Entertaining

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The time spent having fun your loved ones is the most beautiful gift you can make yourself for holidays. Nevertheless, in order to enjoy it, you must first find effective ways to reduce the time spent with preparations for the great feast. Here are a few tricks that you can use to maximize the entertaining time. 1. Complete all the purchases within two days Choose a weekend or two consecutive days of the week and buy all the gifts, the necessary decorations and groceries. Shopping like this is faster than you can imagine. It is all about being organized, making shopping lists and respecting them. If you prefer, you can also order online; the major bonus will be reducing the stress associated with the agglomeration in the supermarkets. 2. Do not waste all your time cleaning A time planning specialist could tell you that cleaning the house for the holidays has to be done early, right from the first days of December, and maintained until the celebration days. Delaying it too much wil...
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Great Recipes with Bacon

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[caption id="attachment_337" align="alignnone" width="300"] 37364258 - bacon[/caption]Bacon is a delicious and versatile ingredient that can be used in many ways – here are some of our favorite bacon recipes, some of them traditional, others unusual, but all of them delicious: - French toast with bacon and cheese – dip the slices of bread into a mixture of eggs and buttermilk and fry them on one side. Place bacon and cheese on the browned side of the slice, then place another slice on top and put the assembly back into the pan for frying. Continue with the layering until your sandwich is of the desired height. - Lasagna – cook the bacon until crisp, then fry some onions and make a béchamel sauce. Spread one third of the sauce and add a layer of bacon and grated cheese on the lasagna sheets, then repeat the layer. Sprinkle parmesan on top and place it all in the oven until the top is brown and crispy. - Pasta with bacon – prepare the pasta as per the in...
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Favorite Pulled Pork Recipe Ideas

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Pulled pork is an all-time favorite and a dish that you can never get tired of. Whether it is served as the main course of a family lunch or you have some leftovers from the best mail order ham for sale that you can buy, the tender, juicy, tasty little shreds of pork can delight you and your guests in many ways – here are some of our favorite recipes. Prepare It the Traditional Way Get a big chunk of pork shoulder with the skin off and pre-fry it until it gets a dark brown crust, then rub it with a marinade made from oil, smoked paprika, powdered mustard and garlic, onion salt, black pepper and a few drops of your favorite barbeque sauce. Place the meat into a baking tray, cover it with tin foil and put it into the oven for about five hours, then shred the meat, Creative Ways to Use Pulled Pork - Mac and cheese with pulled pork – prepare the macaroni and the cheese sauce like you normally would, then add the leftover pulled pork, put some more cheese on top and place it all into t...
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What Does Farm to Table Mean?

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[caption id="attachment_320" align="alignnone" width="300"] 40910953 - red wooden christmas background[/caption]Farm to table, also known as farm to fork is a social movement that encourages local residents as well as restaurants, school cafeterias and other enterprises that serve food to use ingredients purchased from local farmers to prepare their dishes. The acquisitions from local growers or farmers offering fruits and vegetables, delectable wild game meat for sale , fish caught locally, wineries and breweries, or livestock ranches can take the form of direct sale or they can take place at the local farmer’s market or via a local distributor. The movement has been around for decades and it is gaining more and more ground and popularity – here are a few reasons why: - Local produce is healthier and fresher than produce that comes from hundreds of miles and has undergone various procedures to preserve fresh appearance. - Environmental benefits – the ...
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