Extreme Florida Ham Serving Nutrition Facts
February 8, 2013
On a recent trip to the small gulf town of Crystal River, Florida, I visited a local breakfast favourite in Granny's Kitchen. Patrons were visibly excited to sit down to a meal at Granny's and were happy to inform me prior to seating that the food is great. I had an inkling the portions were larger than an those found in Canada.
Classic egg breakfasts included the options of bacon, country ham, pork chops or smoked ham, I chose the smoked ham and was a bit confused by the option of 1 or 2 friend pork chops with breakfast.
Within minutes my grits, eggs, toast and ham had arrived. I was sure there was a mistake, the ham was a 1 inch thick ham steak filling a full dinner plate, well over 1 pound of meat. There was no mistake, this was what I had ordered, 'ham and eggs'. I ate about 1/10 of the very tasty portion and took the rest away, already aware that the majority of it would go to waste.
While I have willingly over-eaten many times, the shear quantity of food was not what scared me the most, but the salt, my god the salt! Having made cured meat products a few times, I could visualize just how massive the quantity of salt and nitrates this beast contained.
To get a better idea of the true nature of the beast, I've made up a Canadian Nutrition Facts table based on USDA smoked ham data and a serving size of 1 lb.
Yup, well over 3000 mg of sodium! Very scary.
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Smoked ham and eggs at Ganny's Kitchen, Crystal River FL.
Classic egg breakfasts included the options of bacon, country ham, pork chops or smoked ham, I chose the smoked ham and was a bit confused by the option of 1 or 2 friend pork chops with breakfast.
Within minutes my grits, eggs, toast and ham had arrived. I was sure there was a mistake, the ham was a 1 inch thick ham steak filling a full dinner plate, well over 1 pound of meat. There was no mistake, this was what I had ordered, 'ham and eggs'. I ate about 1/10 of the very tasty portion and took the rest away, already aware that the majority of it would go to waste.
While I have willingly over-eaten many times, the shear quantity of food was not what scared me the most, but the salt, my god the salt! Having made cured meat products a few times, I could visualize just how massive the quantity of salt and nitrates this beast contained.
To get a better idea of the true nature of the beast, I've made up a Canadian Nutrition Facts table based on USDA smoked ham data and a serving size of 1 lb.
Yup, well over 3000 mg of sodium! Very scary.
Smoked ham and eggs at Ganny's Kitchen, Crystal River FL.
Posted by Andrew Roberts.
