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Smithfield Farms continues the tradition in the historic town of Smithfield, Virginia: The famous Smithfield cure and aging process hasn't changed since early Colonial days. Distinctive Smithfield Hams were among the New World's first exports, gracing the tables of European royalty and nobility.

Early settlers learned how to cut choice hams from the razorback hogs that abounded and to cure them to perfection. The method is so precise that it is protected by law: "Only a ham cured within the Smithfield town limits can bear that prestigious name." The lean, long-cut Genuine Smithfield Hams are salt cured, pepper coated and hickory smoked, then hung to age for six months or longer.

The Genuine Smithfield Ham must be sliced paper thin in order for one to fully appreciate the quality and flavor for which it is so famous.

The short-cut Country hams are cured by the same method. However, a shorter aging process, three to four months, produces a milder flavor.

Our Spiral Sliced Honey Glazed Ham is not a country ham but rather a fine trimmed slow cooked (30 hrs.) ham. We spiral slice this ham so serving is easy.

Whichever you choose, the Genuine Smithfield Ham, the Smithfield Farms Country Ham or the Spiral Sliced Honey Glazed Ham, we hope you will make it a continuing tradition.

Our products, available year 'round, make excellent gifts for any occasion.