Save the date for our country ham and bacon Skill Sharing class Thursday, December 12, from 6-8p. Are you interested in joining the venerable and time-honored tradition of curing your own meats? The December skill sharing class will be our annual country ham and bacon class, led by award-winning meat curers. There are two paths available for you to begin your ham journey. Students can choose to cure and flavor their own bacon, cure a country ham, or both! Bacon will be ready to be cooked and eaten after about a week in the refrigerator. A country ham will need two to three months to cure in an environment where the temperature averages below 45 degrees (e.g., an unheated garage or shed in a Kentucky winter or a refrigerator). Once cured, the ham will then age until the fall. The bacon class will begin at 6p and the country ham class will begin at 7p. The cost of the country ham class includes all materials and will be $70 for Ham. The cost of the bacon class will be $35. All proceeds of our Skill Sharing classes support Simmons College of Kentucky, Louisville’s historically Black college.

Registration for the country ham and/or bacon class closes Sunday, December 1