What Exactly is Hickory Ham and Smoked Cheese?!
Answers: Whats the difference between hickory ham and regular ham? Also, whats the difference between smoked cheese, and just other cheeses? Thanks 10 points.
Hams can be boiled, cured or smoked.
Smoked hams are, well smoked. Hickory smoked means they use Hickory wood as the smoking agent.
Smoked cheeses such as smoked gouda, smoked mozzarella , smoked cheedar, smoked gruyer etc etc can either be done naturally ( with wood) or with liquid smoke ( aweful, nasty stuff).
Smoking cheese however dosent make them last any longer then if they werent smoked.
Smoked hams will also go bad in time.
Cured hams( salt cured) will last forever.
Hickory ham is smoked (or has a hickory smoke flavor added). Smoked cheese just has a smokey flavor, like it was over a wood fire.
Hickory ham is a smoked ham that uses hickory wood as the burning (smoking) wood to flavor the meat. Cheese can also be smoked.
I saw a really cute smoker from sausagemaker.com the other day. Smoking is a way of preserving foods for longer periods of time. Our ancestors relied on it heavily.
Jumpman, it is probably smoked ham you are speaking of. The difference is a better flavor. Smoked cheese? I'm afraid I have never heard of smoked cheese, but you might try a sandwich of smoked ham and cheese. I realize profound questions such as this can be deeply troubling, but let us know the results of your testing.