Hog Cut of the Year Award Presentation!

The polls have been closed for some time now and it looks like 2 year old country ham has run away with the title as Hog Nation's preferred cut of hog. I'll be honest--my personal vote went to pork loin. The way I see it, there's nothing better than being at a hog kill and frying up some fresh-cut loin in an iron skillet on your makeshift propane stove, then warshin' it down with an ice cold proverbial hog. But I can't be too partial, as I am a true lover of all things hog, so it is with great pleasure that I present Hog Cut of the Year to 2-Year-Old Country Ham. Hog Nation's vote has proven that, just like homemade grain alcohol, fine hog meat only gets better with age. 2-Year-Old Country Ham has put in the hours--17,520 of them to be exact, hanging in a paper sack from the rafters of a barn curing in salt--to become Hog Nation's favorite meat, that delectable slice of ham that just melts into salt in your mouth. Hog lovers, raise your proverbial hogs to your own Hog Cut of the Year, 2-Year-Old Country Ham--it has left us one thirsty and happy nation under hog.

Today's song of the day is an homage to country ham. Brings tears to my eyes every time.