Smoked, cured, fresh-cooked, or glazed, whole and half hams often grace holiday tables each spring. Here are four local ham providers. (Remember to buy enough for ham sandwiches, ham and eggs, ham salad, bean soup, and more.)
Bolyard’s Meat & Provisions: Walk away with a fine ham smoked in-house with local cherry wood, or pick up an uncooked ham to smoke or bake at home. Be sure to add the house-made beer mustard, graced with Schlafly’s popular Kölsch beer. bolyardsmeat.com
Hanlen’s Fine Meats & Catering: Brady Hanlen often double-smokes locally produced Miller hams at customer request. “The hams come to us smoked, but we smoke them again, long and slow,” he says. “People tell us the flavor intensifies, like the hams they remember from long ago.” allmenus.com
Double-G Brand: For smaller appetites, consider the Pacific-based company’s biscuit-sliced ham or ham steaks. Big eaters needn’t worry: Double-G also offers whole and half hams, bone-in or boneless, spiral-sliced, or simply sliced. Look for Double-G meats at Dierbergs, Schnucks, and Shop ’n Save. doublegham.com
Burgers’ Smokehouse: Whole and half hams, bacon, and more are processed in California, Missouri. You can buy the meat at local grocery stores, including Dierbergs, Schnucks, Shop ’n Save, and Straub’s. smokehouse.com
