Finney
Master Chef
Good looking bird. I notice the Yellow LAb is always waiting around when there is food prep in the works. They learn fast.
Larry Wolfe said:Nice looking bird and dog!! I have a yellow lab too. I've had blacks and a chocolate and the yellow has been by fart the best one of them all!
Nick Prochilo said:[quote="Larry Wolfe":m11ihj75]Nice looking bird and dog!! I have a yellow lab too. I've had blacks and a chocolate and the yellow has been by fart the best one of them all!
kjs said:I was sort of under the assumption that it must have been the salt. I believe I used kosher, which may have been a mistake.
I also didn't rinse the brine off, I just patted it dry. In retrospect, the parts that tasted "hammiest" were the parts I probably didn't dry too well.
I did use just the brine, no rub. Cheesecloth and then melted butter/oil to get it brown. As for the brine, I may have come up short on ginger, I don't know if that would have counteracted the saltiness. Believe me the ham tasting part was good!
I'm not sure about the type of bird, I just got it at BJs.... without reading too much.
As for wood, I just used cherry as I didn't have apple. I used it sparingly as well.
I really only brined it overnight, and I only let it rest out of brine for a half a day or so.