R M Felts Packing

RM Felts has the best country hams and country ham products to be found anywhere. They are whole, skin on, hams with the shank and have not been dressed so they do require some preparation before you cook them. I recommend having them cut the end (shank] off and then in half. So you get 2 hams and a shank for about the same you’d pay for a half a Smithfield brands ham.
If you’ve never prepared a country ham do some research bit if you prepare it properly you will not be disappointed.

Hard not to love Felts if you love bacon or country ham. I love going into the packing house and the smell of smoked meats and salt is heavy in the air. Caution: Felts sells skin on slab bacon, whole or sometimes half country hams, and smoked jowls… and that’s all. And believe you me, that is what you want. The hams are true old-​school «smithfield» or «country» style Virginia hams: dry cured in salt and smoked on premise. Here is a great hint: when you go to down Rt. 460 to get a ham, stop in Adams Peanut’s down the road and have Mr. Adams slice you a ham sandwich for 3.00 bucks – it is a Felts ham and a wonderful preview of what you can expect from your new purchase.
The guys at Felts will slice your bacon, ham, or jowl on request – don’t hesitate to use that service, as well as their new vacuum sealer. And for the uninitiated, GET SOME JOWL: BACON!!. It is amazing stuff on its own and works as a great substitute for hipster overpriced guanciale…
Felts is one of those places that you have to find… and be willing to take a chance to walk in. But once you get home with their goodies, you will find yourself wanting to make that drive down 460 again and again.

This review is late, but I’m sure what I will write is still in the general sprit of Felts’ customer service.
Felts smokes and cures their own bacon and ham. This is old-​timey country bacon and ham: quite salty (the ham more than the bacon) and smokey. They only sell whole hams, whole slabs of bacon or they will slice bacon (You want it thick.) by the pound.
We’ve been to Felts several times, and the service and bacon and ham have always been outstanding. About two years ago, Mr. Felts himself waited on us (in between a phone call with a hard-​of-​hearing woman in Michigan:” Yes, dear, we can ship that to you. Now what’s your address? Your address, dear. Where do you live?”). Their credit card machine was down and we didn’t have enough cash. «That’s okay», said Mr. Felts, «I can just ship it to you. You just send a check when you get it in New Jersey. «Sure enough, we got a box of bacon when we got home. We gratefully sent out a check pronto. Amazing service. Wonderful bacon.