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[Lucky Pittman <lucky.pittman@murraystate.edu>]

At 07:53 PM 8/25/2005, you wrote:
> Hickory and oak are considered well suited for long cooking
> times.
The country ham producers in this part of the country would consider use of 
oak in smoking a ham as bordering on blasphemy.  Gotta be hickory, though I 
know that in some localities, fruitwood - particularly apple, is used with 
some frequency.

Lucky