The Southern Foodways Alliance documents, studies, and explores the diverse food cultures of the changing American South.
Oral History
In Kentucky, curing bacon and hams has been a necessity of life for generations. In more recent years, this tradition…
Interview
Today, she carries on her father’s legacy in the same store, curing the same way, in the same ham house, catering to…
Charles Gatton, Junior, is known to some as the mad scientist of bacon. Growing up on Gatton Farms, Charles learned the…
In 1965, he and his wife, June, cured their first 100 hams. Soon, their business grew, and today they cure thousands of…
Originally from Owensboro, Kentucky, Lorene Gatton and her late husband, Charles Gatton, Senior, began their married…
The Broadbent family started curing hams and bacon commercially in Cadiz, Kentucky, in 1920. In 1999 the Broadbent…
In the late 1950s, the business of Meacham Hams was born. For decades, William has produced a traditional…
He now shares his knowledge with others, working with the Union Country Fair and the 4-H Country Ham Program, which…
