Ever whip up a dish that’s so madly yummy you wanna feed it to everyone you’ve ever met? This is one of those.

Yup, Easter’s already hopped on by, but who says that’s the only ham-appropriate occasion? We’d unexpectedly received a smoked, bone-in ten-pounder as lagniappe for being loyal grocery store shoppers, and while we were old hands at prepping its hard, salty country cousin, we’d never actually baked and glazed a city ham. We’ve long been inspired by Aretha Franklin’s ginger ale doused Queen of Soul Ham and have heard tell of a Coca-Cola ham or two, though have never had the pleasure of sampling one.

A tad loath to leave the house and brave the holiday supermarket fray, we took stock of what was on hand. Diet drinks weren’t gonna cut the mustard, husband would flip if we drained his precious Pepsi stash, tonic was a tad depressing, then lo and behold — Cheerwine! We’d hauled back cases of the distinctive cherry soda when last we hit the Tarheel State, and had been holding out for a special occasion to dip into the stash.

Read more about Cheerwine Ham and get the recipe at Slashfood.

Have I mentioned that I have a bit of a thing about biscuits? I’ve been spending the bulk of ’09 with my hands crumbed up with lard and flour in an attempt to loft my biscuits heavenward.
It’s started to work. Here’s why.
Follow Biscuit Mission ’09 at Slashfood.