This post is sponsored by Clifty Farms Country Meats.
Our family loves breakfast. You know, the Southern kind of breakfast that involves ham and biscuits and probably something you may have never heard of before. Grits and tomato gravy. If that doesn’t ring a bell with you, you probably didn’t grow up in the South. We happen to love breakfast for lunch or dinner, so last week, mama cooked up a batch of Southern grits and tomato gravy with homemade biscuits and country ham from Clifty Farms Country Meats.
My dad especially loves country ham. I do too! It’s always been one of my faves growing up. That savory country ham was a favorite of ours and when I got an email from Clifty Farms out of Tennessee about trying out their country ham and doing a giveaway with y’all, well….of course I said yes! We love country ham, what’s not to love about that offer.
Clifty Farms is a family owned business in their 4th generation of curing hams in TN and KY (since 1954). They ship products all over the country now with their online business of hams, bacon, sausage, and barbeque. Their secret recipe curing process, that produces the delicate flavor of a Real Hickory Smoked Country Ham, has not changed from generation to generation.
Clifty Farms is available at many local grocery stores, including but not limited to Kroger, Publix, Wal-Mart in the Atlanta area. Those are stores I shop at all the time.
Clifty Farms Country Meats sent me a beautiful pack of country ham. We only cooked one or two slices for our meal and there’s more for dad to enjoy and for me to share with some of our family.
Stay tuned, there’s a Clifty Farms Country ham giveaway for you all too! Think about Easter coming up. Easter brunch or even as part of your Easter dinner, Clifty Farms could be a great addition.
Back to our breakfast for lunch ham and grits. Mom made up some homemade biscuits too. I can share this recipe with you all later if you’d like. Mom always uses a certain flour and she never measured her biscuits, we we used the recipe on the flour mix. I’ll share it later for you all, but today let’s look at the ham.
Biscuit cutting and ready to cook.
We followed the directions on the Clifty Farms ham package and simmered the ham in water and brown sugar. We also drained off the water and lightly browned the ham at the end.
Mom also made up a batch of tomato gravy and grits, using bacon grease as the base. I’ve shared this recipe several years ago, so go here to see that all shared out and how she makes this Southern delicacy.
Simmering the tomato gravy ready for the grits.
The Clifty Farms ham after cooking and lightly browning in the black iron skillet looks ready to eat.
Biscuits right out of the oven, ready for butter and honey.
And here’s our brunch of grits and tomato gravy, homemade biscuits, and that delicious country ham from Clifty Farms.
Mixing in the tomato gravy and after butter and honey on the biscuit. Wow, did this bring back memories of childhood and growing up! I don’t get grits and tomato gravy all that often anymore, or country ham.
Dad was on cloud nine over this lunch, believe me. I got a picture of him as he was eating so I tried to get a non-chewing photo. He was very intent on eating this deliciousness and didn’t want to stop and pose. When he heard what we were having, he was so happy!
I asked him what he thought of the Clifty Farms ham and he said “it was great, very very good ham”. That’s his direct quote and coming from a Country Ham connoisseur. Mom and dad both loved it and so did my sister and I. My mom mentioned that it’s not as salty as most country hams, which she liked a lot. She doesn’t like too much salt and these hams are not overly salted, but very flavorful and tasty.
I knew you’d enjoy seeing this Southern breakfast food that mom stirred up, food that I grew up on. We were all looking forward to eating this again and it was a good lunch with our parents day. My sister and I make a point to have lunch with them once a week and they love it. If you follow me on Instagram, I share our meals every week over there.
I’m very happy to be able to give one of you a Clifty Farms ham pack too. As I mentioned, think about Easter and how you can incorporate a Clifty Farms ham into your breakfast, brunch, or Easter dinner.
All you have to do is visit Clifty Farms and leave a comment here (add your email address to the Rafflecopter widget below) and tell me what you plan to serve on Easter and how you could use Clifty Farms ham to feed your family too!
That’s it, one of you will win a delicious 5 lb. sliced Half Country Ham package from Clifty Farms. I love sharing good brands with you all and you will be so happy to try out this delicious country ham.
I grew up eating this same meal! It sure brought back memories of my daddy.
Sounds Delicious!
My mom and two boys will be come over along with my brother and his wife. We usually have a traditional dinner of ham, potatoes of some sort and veggies. Of course, I couldn’t leave out a good dessert! Wink!!
I want to try making the tomato gravy and biscuits your momma made! Thanks for sharing your lovely parents with us! How sweet.
Fingers crossed I win a ham! LOL!!
Definitely ham( hopefully the winning City Farm ham), scalloped potatoes, deviled eggs, glazed carrots, peas, jello salad, baked chicken for the grandkids, chocolate pie and cookies.
Clift Farms makes an excellent country ham. It’s the brand I always look for in my grocery. It’s the perfect meat to go with biscuits.
Loved reading this. I would be so happy if you could publish your mom’s recipe for tomato gravy. I do make it but I’m sure it could be improved on with help from someone like your mom😀. The lunch looked amazing.
Their deluxe gift pak would be perfect to feed our hungry crew! Your meal looks delicious!
Boy, that country ham sure does look tasty. I always have ham for Easter, plus deviled eggs, potato salad… Love me some country ham!!!
I went to college in Virginia and that’s where I first fell in love with country ham and biscuits. My’s friend’s mom used to invite us to her home on Easter and we would have ham, biscuits and deviled eggs. It was the best. I’m glad to see that Clifty Farms ships! I also see that Aldi carries the brand. I will check my local NJ store but think that that delicious ham is in southern stores only. I’d love your mom’s recipe for biscuits too! Thanks you!
Oh yes, I remember my grandmother making breakfast like this and I always thought what a treat that was. Thank you for sharing this long ago breakfast memory.
Planning to have family in from out-of-town for Easter. Of course, I plan to serve ham and all the fixins!
Love grits, ham and biscuits!! I’ve never had tomato gravy though. Will have to try it. This brings back so many memories.
Wow, one more Southern food to try! As a recent West Coast transplant, I fell in Love with grits and perfecting my biscuits too! This ham looks yummy, especially with tomato gravy!
I enjoy your blog, thank you.
I believe this will be our Easter dinner!
We usually buy a big ham, too. I like fried okra and collard greens with ham.
Easter meal I plan to serve ham, cheesy potatoes, corn and green beans, hot rolls, salad, deviled eggs and lemon meringue pie
My sister is hosting and making the ham for Easter. I am in charge of desserts – Carrot Cake, chocolate something (haven’t decided) and krispie treats. Gotta love Easter, family and love!
My initial plan was ham and green beans in the crockpot, potato salad and yeast roll on the side. Pineapple upside down Bundt Cake on the side. However, if I win I’m changing the menu to a full fledged breakfast for lunch with ham, eggs, grits, and biscuits & jam.
Your breakfast looks wonderful. I would serve Clifty Farms ham as the centerpiece of our Easter lunch buffet. Mmmm good.
We would love to have ham! I have never heard of tomato gravy but I love grits.
Ham for Easter always! When I was younger I didn’t care for country ham. My parents loved it, & it was served in our home occasionally. My mother loved it so much, I learned to love it also after I grew up. I buy my Clifty Farms ham at Publix. I like it with biscuits for breakfast, but the store-bought kind. I never learned to make biscuits, but your mother’s look delicious! I sometimes serve country ham with a frozen fruit salad made of undiluted frozen orange juice, fruit cocktails w/juice, & bananas. Refreshing & just right with the saltiness of country ham! You always know when you see the Clift Farms label you’ve found some good real country ham!
Oh we love Clifty Farms Ham…we used to get my granddaddy several packages of it for Christmas as he love it so.