Hickory Baked Ham Company

[caption id="attachment_417" align="alignnone" width="300"] 41182621 - empty wooden deck table over christmas tree bokeh background[/caption]You do not have to invest a lot of money in expensive Christmas decorations. Just use your artistic eye, put extra love in the preparations and you will surely get the desired effect. Here are some ideas. • Cake holders and old plates can be used very simply and practically as ornaments for the Christmas festive meal. Just fill them with nice decoration, pine cones and fir tree coronets - everybody will love the overall effect. Old antique platters can also be used as serving platters for appetizers, mouthwatering honey baked ham , or smoked turkey. Using a variety of different china patterns is a beautiful way to add interest and beauty to your table. • Another idea for decorating the Christmas dinner table can be the use of empty bottles left from drinks consumed during the year. The only condition is that bottl...

Thanksgiving is usually celebrated with lots of food, much of which is not consumed during the celebration dinner. Leftovers, especially if they are from the delicious meals prepared for Thanksgiving, make excellent ingredients for the meals prepared after the holiday. Whether it is a delicious whole smoked turkey , the oyster dressing, the cranberry sauce or the asparagus that you prepared too much of, with a little creativity you can prepare multiple delicious recipes – here are our favorites: - Turkey soup – just put what is left of the turkey, meat and bones included, into a pot, add some vegetables, such as green beans and some spices and prepare a delicious broth. - Turkey sandwich – a classic prepared easily with some pulled turkey, a few tomato slices, some barbeque sauce placed between two slices of bread. - Spoon bread with sweet potato – mix the leftover sweet potato mash with some orange juice, eggs, sugar, milk and spices such as ginger and cinnamon to prepare a dough, ...

Nitrates and nitrites - we hear repeatedly that they are used in conventional farming and that they go through the soil and infiltrate in vegetables and fruits. These substances are also added voluntarily in meat products, especially sausages, as preservatives and dyes. The food industry has arguments for this practice. Nitrites provide a nice color to meat products, prevents fat from ranching and kill the bacteria that produces botulinum toxin, a poison that can lead to paralysis and ultimately death. Therefore, we would be tempted to consider that the use of nitrites is a safe practice. It is only here that the story begins to complicate, because these substances have adverse effects on humans. Sodium nitrite in large quantities passes into blood. The younger the consumer is, the more risky the situation becomes. Nitrite does not allow red cells to oxygenate, and in the case of intoxication, the skin of the children can get blue. Severe cases require hospitalization and administrat...

Do you feel that holidays are too expensive? Then surely, you are worried about how to save money during this period. It is true that holidays represents a time when we like to spend money on all sorts of food, drinks, gifts and many more, but once the celebrations are over, our budget becomes significantly thinner and we have to give up some things that we normally do. However, it is not necessarily that such scenario happens. Here are some ideas that will make your holidays less expensive but still enjoyable and optimistic. 1. Determine your budget and respect it The first thing is to do the estimates for the holiday and create your budget. You can even find personal budget models online, if you need them. 2. Choose recipes and plan your purchases Create a menu, make a shopping list, take time to find discount options and calculate the general costs. Do your best to adjust these options so that they fit into your budget. Whatever you do, remember that holidays should not be a re...

[caption id="attachment_318" align="alignnone" width="300"] 13294930 - whole ham with tomato in the background, selective focus[/caption]Thanksgiving is traditionally celebrated almost everywhere in the United States, to give thanks for the rich harvest of the year. For this celebration, everyone is getting ready, because, first, it is a family reunion. It is probably one of the very few days of the year in which families gather at the same festive meal. Everywhere in the country are organized Thanksgiving parades, with fanfare and allegorical chariots. What not to omit when planning your Thanksgiving meal Pumpkin and corn are two of America's most popular vegetables. They were here before the Europeans discovered the New World and this is another reason why they were kept in the Thanksgiving meal, over the time. There are many traditional recipes to cook them in various ways and you can prepare delicious meals without too much effort. Of course, ...

[caption id="attachment_337" align="alignnone" width="300"] 37364258 - bacon[/caption]The phenomenon known as “Bacon Mania” has been traced back to the 1990s, and is considered by experts to be one of the primary reason why bacon became so famous after the popularization of the internet. Following the development of the Atkins diet, people began to use high-protein foods to an ever-increasing extent. Creative, novelty bacon recipes have surfaced, and the ideas have rapidly spread online. Today, bacon has become a household item that can constantly be found in the recipes used by most American and Canadian homeowners. Over time, the increased interest that people had in bacon has led to “bacon of the month” clubs, and many special events were organized in places like Baltimore, New York and Boulder, CO, keeping the “bacon tradition” alive and blending humor with all-out campaigns for the open promotion of new bacon products and recipes. Many local area f...

While you might already be familiar with some of the more common wild game meats, such as rabbit or venison, you probably didn’t know that some of these meats are not just delicious and extremely filling, but also remarkably healthy when compared to the pork and chicken that most people are used to. You also probably didn't know that there are some [caption id="attachment_351" align="alignnone" width="200"] 65650209 - soup mix / mixed legumes - soup ingredients in a metal cup on dark moody background, selective focus[/caption] local farms offering wild game meat for sale . Rabbit is ranked among the best types of wild game meats when it comes to both its taste and its healthy nutrient content. Even though rabbit has a total of 9% of fat, only 2% of that is harmful saturated fat. Also, the cholesterol content is relatively low when compared to other meats, and you get 100% of your daily required vitamin B-12 dosage. One of the more surprising additio...