Well Done! Having a traditional family dish is something well worth exploring on how it was done.

The reason I got started making my own smoked meats was because my father used to talk about the dry cured hams, bacons and sausages that he had as a child. The problem was that he HAD to help and he didn't want to help so he never learned how it was done, how much of this and that per lb etc.

All of my children could walk in tomorrow and make smoked meats. And I'm very proud of that.