Stuffed ham

Stuffed ham is a variety of ham in which cabbage, kale, onions, spices and seasonings are chopped and mixed, then stuffed into deep slits slashed in a whole corned or[1] smoked ham. Stuffed ham is believed to have originated in Southern Maryland, specifically in St. Mary's County, and remains popular in that region to this day.[2] Typically the ham has a distinctively spicy flavor due to added seasoning. Recipes vary widely, since they are traditionally passed down from one family member to another.

Salmonella vector

In 1997, improperly prepared stuffed ham served at the Our Lady of the Wayside Catholic Church fund-raising dinner in Chaptico, Maryland was responsible for one of the largest multi-drug resistant Salmonella Heidelburg outbreaks in Maryland which sickened 750 people and caused 2 deaths.[3][4][5] The CDC documented the incident in the journal Emerging Infectious Diseases.[6]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Alumnae (1959). Treasured Recipes of Old St. Mary's County. St. Mary's Academy.
  2. ↑ Stern, Jane (Jun 4, 2009). 500 Things to Eat Before It's Too Late: and the Very Best Places to Eat Them. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. p. 107.
  3. ↑ Jensen, Peter; Thompson, Neal (7 November 1997), "Illnesses blamed on church dinner exceed 600 cases Fatal heart attack of Baltimore woman could be linked to it", Baltimore Sun, retrieved 12 Nov 2017
  4. ↑ Buote, Brenda (26 November 1997), "Culprit at church dinner was ham Markets in St. Mary's won't be penalized, health officials say", Baltimore Sun, retrieved 12 Nov 2017
  5. ↑ Shields, Todd; Goldstein, Avram (7 November 1997), "Stuffed Ham Suspected in Illness", Washington Post, retrieved 12 Nov 2017
  6. ↑ Varma, JK; Greene, KD (2005), "Hospitalization and Antimicrobial Resistance in Salmonella Outbreaks, 1984–2002", Emerging Infectious Diseases, 11 (6): 943–946, doi:10.3201/eid1106.041231, archived from the original on 10 Mar 2010

Further reading

  • Mary Z. Gray (December 5, 1982), Stuffed Ham with a Kick, The New York Times, retrieved 2007-12-14
  • Patricia Bixler Reber (2006), Southern Maryland Stuffed Ham, retrieved 2007-12-14


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