Cooking Easter Dinner? Try a Local, Organically Raised Ham
Five questions for Lyn Garling of Over the Moon Farm, which is selling its boneless no-nitrate organically-raised hams for Easter:
What makes your organic hams better than the supermarket version?
Our pigs are raised outside with a diversity of things to eat including lots of organic greens. They also have a lot of room to roam around freely–unlike supermarket pigs who are fed a strict diet and confined in cages their entire lives. Our pigs never experience any stress at all. Then they are custom butchered by Leona Meat Plant, Inc., which is certified in organic animals and does the entire process with a no nitrate cure, which you cannot get in supermarkets.
How long have you been selling organic hams?
Over The Moon has been raising organic pigs for about six years now. However, this is the first year we started doing the boneless, no nitrate ham.
Any tips on cooking a great ham?
Make sure you roast your ham long and slow so you get the tenderest, juiciest results. I also recommend covering it most of the time and then uncovering it for the last 40 minutes.
Where can people pick up these hams?
E-mail us at info@overthemoonfarm.com. As of now we’re only raising a dozen pigs a year, so our stock is limited. We’ll also be at Tait Farm this Friday from 2-6 p.m.
Are you offering any other special items for Easter ?
At Tait Farm we’ll also have our boneless pork loins on sale. If you are not able to take home one of our boneless hams, you should definitely try the pork loins.
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