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 am so happy to see a Tennessee business featured on your blog! Growing up in East TN, my family cured our own hams and then sold them out of our smokehouse so this was a great reminder for me of all things TN. I was excited to see that you can purchase items from the Clifty Farms website including ham hocks! I would use the country ham from the giveaway for all meals on Easter Sunday including the Clifty Farms recipe for Country Ham Quiche….then I would serve green beans seasoned with the country ham pieces with the main country ham slices for lunch….and end the night with Country Ham Salad (using Clifty Farms recipe) sandwiches for supper. Great give away!!!
We traditionally serve ham but Clifty Farms also sells a 4 – 6 LBS SMOKED TURKEY BREAST that would be a wonderful alternative.
I always make ham for Easter. I cook mine in a little coke or apple juice and a whole onion. I usually soak my ham to remove some of the salt. My sister makes the best biscuits, sadly, I never learned
You made me hungry just reading this post! I would serve the contry ham with potato salad alomg with a cucumber and tomatoe salad. Thanks .
We always have ham for Easter. I would love to serve a Clift Farms country ham. Side dishes are usually homemade baked macaroni and cheese, potato salad, glazed carrots, Spanish green beans, squash casserole, and dinner rolls. I love tomato gravy. Sometimes I eat it over plain white bread. Delicious!
I. Love. Ham! This ham would just be the star of our Easter dinner along with ham dumplings, green beans, sweet potato casserole, deviled eggs, and slaw! I don’t think I have ever had Clifty Farms ham, so me winning this giveaway would be awesome!
IAM from the south and that looks so good ! Glad your Dad is doing so well and your Mom too. I’d love to have that good ham for Easter. Such a special day….the day our Lord has risen
Thanks for sharing this company with us, Rhoda! A real country ham made with care sounds like the perfect meat for our Easter meal. I think there will be 15 around our table this year. I haven’t decided what I’m going to serve so I thought I’d check with our guests to see what they have a hankering for – brunch or lunch. Either way, ham will be served and I’m getting hungry thinking about it. Thanks for this opportunity and I will be looking for Clifty Farms over at my Aldi.
Ham biscuits are usually a staple at our informal Easter gatherings.
I would love to try the Clifty Farms country ham for Easter dinner along with a brunch asparagus quiche, maple bourbon French toast and some home fried potatoes. Used to eat country ham as a young girl, it is hard to find here in Central PA.
I plan on serving a ham for Easter so one from Clifty would be perfect. I may even try to make biscuits!
Y.U.M.!!!!!!! Grandmama memories for sure. Love the pics of your dad and your mom’s amazing cooking skills. Precious AND delicious.
The picture of your mom’s hands making biscuits is priceless! Ham, green beans, corn casserole, pea salad and dessert for Easter sounds great!
I could not get the Clifty Farms link to open. But still want to enter!
We love eating Breakfast anytime of the day. Eat it for supper many times. The ham looks delicious. Our whole family gets together for Easter, a ham would make it extra special this year. Thank you for sharing your family with us!!
Wow – your entire lunch looked delicious. I will definitely serve ham for Easter and usually always have deviled eggs and homemade macaroni and cheese to go with it.
Love the opportunity to win a ham and I am looking forward to our Mom’s biscuit recipe!
This year for Easter we will be having ham (of course) along with pineapple casserole, baked beans, macaroni and cheese, potato salad and of course some sort of dessert! I have never tried clifty hams before but I am looking forward to adding it this year!!
I would use it in my Easter brunch casserole. Thanks for the opportunity!
This southern girl from Alabama loves ham! It wouldn’t be Easter without ham, potato salad, green beans, yellow rice/mexicorn casserole, and rolls. This brand of ham is new to me and I would love to try it.