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From: Eve <>
Subject: Re: [DVHH] Scpeck
Date: Fri, 3 Nov 2006 21:09:42 -0500
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Interesting Rose Mary,
My dad was fascinated with the outdoor over wood cooking also. He built
brick outdoor fireplaces at both the home I grew up in as a child - and he
liked his stuff "smoked", so I wasn't sure if cured was the word or not, but
I did know it wasn't raw - but I will never convince my other half of that.
I do think the best part was the dripping fat when you did heat it
up....what can you say, my dad's 96 years old and healthier than those that
wouldn't touch the stuff!

Eve

On 11/3/06, Rose Mary K Hughes <> wrote:
>
> Eve,
>
> My grandpa had his speck (sp?) every day for lunch and it was on grandma's
> wonderful bread. We also looked forward to having a speck and brot
> supper.
> My father or grandfather would build a fire in the yard and would get
> sticks
> sharpened for all of us. We would put a piece of speck on the stick and
> put
> it over the fire until it started dripping--the homemade bread would be
> quickly put under the drippings. A little salt and oh my was that good!
>
> The meat was cured, not raw.
>
> Rose Mary
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Eve" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Friday, November 03, 2006 7:25 PM
> Subject: [DVHH] Scpeck
>
>
> > Well, I have read with interest all the sausage stories. Most of the
> > time,
> > I can remember similar stories to go along with what I was reading - not
> > the
> > case with sausage. Although my father to this day is a great lover of
> > everything sausage, even if he isn't allowed to have as much as he would
> > like or ate in his earlier days. Sausage making apparently wasn't
> > something
> > done in our home or my grandparent's homes. Possibly because of the
> type
> > of
> > farming they did. I have heard many stories of the grapes growing and
> the
> > picking and stomping of them. Stories about the Thresh machine (please
> > forgive my spelling), which must have been a really big deal to own one
> > from
> > the way it was talked about - as if it was the biggest "John Deere" in
> the
> > neighborhood.
> >
> > But my mind wanders - back to food - my father - the great sausage
> lover,
> > always loved his schpeck. My husband always thought my dad was eating
> raw
> > bacon. I have tried to explain this to him and I have loved this
> delicacy
> > very much myself, but not sure what to call the American equivalent of
> it.
> > When I was younger it always hung in the basement (man did it smell
> > wonderful) and dad would go down and carve off a slice throw it on some
> > bread and that was a meal. Since my mom was in the hospital quite
> > frequently when I was young - this could go on for weeks as our only
> meal.
> > I thought it was the greatest - and easiest meal in the world. When dad
> > wanted to change it up he would fry it and add red pepper/paprika?? then
> > throw the bread into the pan to sop up the grease - ummmm, I can just
> hear
> > those heart doctors now. After I was married my mom would bring me
> > packages
> > of this from some deli/meat market in Chicago. This was sliced really
> > thin,
> > but tasted the same - and made the best sandwiches with fresh garden
> > tomatoes - sometimes toasted with cheese too. Soooo.....to make a long
> > story short - anybody got a name for this stuff? I would love to find
> it
> > around here - even if it grosses my husband out :-)
> >
> > Eve
> >
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