112-Year-Old Ham

RoastBeastFan · Post by **RoastBeastFan** » Tue Jul 15, 2014 10:55 am

Here's a BBC story about a cured ham that's 112 years old, and whether or not it's still edible.

http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-magazine-monitor-28299440

Norton · Post by **Norton** » Tue Jul 15, 2014 10:10 pm

They say it is edible

RoastBeastFan · Post by **RoastBeastFan** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 10:52 am

Yes, though they are not optimistic about the flavor. But I don't suppose anyone will really know till they try it.

dirtbag · Post by **dirtbag** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 2:25 pm

"They" can have my share...

Ruleryak · Post by **Ruleryak** » Wed Jul 16, 2014 2:56 pm

I'd try it if there was a doctor standing by

Ruleryak · Post by **Ruleryak** » Fri Jul 18, 2014 11:27 am

I just remembered I have some 109 year old Quaker Oats and some 111 year old Blue Diamond almonds that would go perfectly with this ham. Some almond crusted baked ham and a bowl of oatmeal, breakfast of iron-stomached champions

steve1989 · Post by **steve1989** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 2:43 am

Hahaha! Hey Rulerak - if I had some of your 111 year old oats and some of this ham, I wouldn't need a doctor, just you with a camera to prove to everyone on here my feasting of a nice 4oz piece of the ham and a hefty bowl of those oats!

Gee, it makes me want to see if I could contact the owner of the ham and inquire on him to sell me a 4 oz cut off of it..!

Who else here would just looooove to try some of that ham?

..Reminds me - I had Bierwurst from a 2008 EPA and it had a crack in it and kinda leaked.. well.. my buddy Doug & I ate it anyway.. that was 8 days ago. Still kickin'! And I got pics!

BTW, thankyou so much Rebraunjr for providing this EPA to me - I decided to fully document it and I am saving the box for my display shelf - only reason I did was alot of the food inside had squished packaging and I was afraid it wouldn't hold up over the years in my collection.

P.S. I'm sorry this Off-topic thread just got hijacked by me as what I think may be my first international ration review! I'll just put the rest of the pics on the International thread.

Back to that ham for one last comment on it - I wonder if it gets better with age like wine?

Bypah · Post by **Bypah** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 2:49 am

Those EPa's arel like a panzer. They withstand punishment and even busted the food ends ok.

steve1989 · Post by **steve1989** » Wed Jul 30, 2014 12:12 pm

Oh my gosh, you're not kidding, Bypah! From everything I've read about EPAs, they seem to hold up longer than any other ration!

I gotta say - that Bierwurst was pretty tasty! I will certainly acquire another Epa ot 2 down the road if I can. I love the coffee extract in them too - btw, I have a full set of photos for a quality review of this ration coming up soon.

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