The last several times I’ve been in the grocery section at Wal-Mart, they have had fresh, picnic hams. They are hard if not impossible to find at other grocery stores. Kroger’s, Harris Teeter and Food Lion will have plenty of pork loins and Boston butts, but rarely fresh picnics. – my favorite cut of pork. And they were just $1.55 a pound.
Sure, there is some waste in a picnic, but when you can buy an 8 pound roast for twelve bucks, that’s a good deal.
To me, there is no tastier cut of pork than a fresh picnic ham.
My favorite way to prepare a whole picnic ham is to cover it with aluminum foil and bake it in a 325 oven for 25 minutes a pound, removing the foil for the last hour or so, to crispy-up that top layer of fat. Beneath that thick skin is some of the most juicy and tastiest slivers of pork imaginable.
If you like fresh ham, stop by Wal-Mart and have yourself a real picnic.