Josh Makes A Bacon-Wrapped Christmas Ham

The turducken is OLD NEWS! Make your own Habausage with the recipe below! MK # 097

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Time Codes:
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Sausage - 1:26
Sauce - 4:48
Wrap and Bake - 7:39

Recipe:
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Step 1: Christmas Spiced Sausage
Ingredients
* 4 lbs cubed pork shoulder
* 3 tsp Salt
* 1 ½ tsp ground coriander
* 1 ½ tsp ground allspice
* 1 tsp ground cloves
* 1 tsp pepper
* 1 tsp cinnamon
* ½ tsp ground nutmeg
* ½ tsp ground cardamom

1) Whisk spices together and add half of the mixture to cubed pork shoulder. Mix together and run through meat grinder.
2) Add remaining spices and apple cider vinegar to ground pork and mix well.
3) Cover and let sausage mixture rest at least two hours in the fridge.

Equipment
* Small Mixing bowl
* Whisk
* Meat Grinder
* Large Mixing Bowl

Step 2: Pineapple Maple Rum Sauce
Ingredients
* ½ cup pineapple juice
* ½ cup maple syrup
* ¾ cup brown sugar
* 2 shots captain morgan spiced rum
* 1 tbsp dijon mustard

1) Combine all ingredients in a medium saucepan and bring to a boil. Simmer and reduce until glossy and glazy.

Equipment
* Medium Saucepan
* Silicone Spatula

Step 3: Wrapping and Baking
Ingredients
* 1 whole ham
* 8 packs thick cut hickory smoked bacon

1) Encase ham in sausage. Wrap the whole thing in bacon. Wrap in foil and put it in the oven for a long time. Take it out and brush down with glaze and finish in the oven uncovered.

Equipment
* Sheet tray with silicone mat
* Twine?
* Brush

[PurrfectlyNerdy]

I really appreciate Josh sharing his stories. My childhood was similar by the sound of it. One fun example is a girl in my 3rd grade class complaining/making fun of the fact that their parents forced them to go shopping for a "gross poor kid" and she picked out shoes that she thought were ugly on purpose... I got the shoes she described for Christmas and I was so scared to wear them to school, but they were the only shoes I had that fit. Fun times.

[FoxNimbus]

I appreciate Josh being open about his life. His stories though are why, while I don't have kids, I firmly advocate to my friends and family--if you do Santa in your house, please consider making "Santa gifts" the simpler items. I know too many social workers and nurses and more who have to help their clients explain to heartbroken kids why they get Walmart socks from "Santa" while their wealthier classmates get game consoles and fancy toys or expensive clothes and...we can do so much better and kinder.

[HiperPivociarz]

Actually, I want Josh to know that I appreciate acknowledging that not everyone has a good household to come back to for Christmas, or may be lonely around this time. I genuinely feel seen, thanks Josh. It makes the load a bit easier to bear.

[jjunture]

Shout out to Josh for sharing the type of childhood stories that I have worked a lifetime to suppress.

[JoMiHoppe]

The more glimpses into Josh's life we've gotten the more understandable it is why he's such a charasmatic, well liked dude. He talks about growing up with in a poor family and being overweight and he's really not let anything stop him from achieving. You're an inspiration Josh!

[BuddhaBoiBrett]

Rhett and link really know how to choose the right employers and crew for this. The whole mythical crew seem like funny and genuinely kind people

[bearpawdgamr]

The very existence of the Mythical kitchen crew is a true holiday gift. Merry glugmass everyone!

[agata]

The commentary is golden. Also, Trevor trying to make Josh less depressing

[gwts]

C'mon, we have to get Josh on Hot Ones. Let's do this, people.

[elizacarrie]

Much thanks to Josh for representing those of us with traumatic, stressful, abnormal or generally unhappy holiday memories. I appreciate how he so openly and (proudly almost?) admitted that his family’s Christmas wasn’t what people are used to picturing

[BlubberyNuggets]

I hope Josh never stops talking about his upbringing--as someone from a similar background, I relate so much and it's comforting to see someone like me doing well and doing what they love.

[elleunit]

As a lifelong poor person I actually really appreciate Josh's childhood stories. There is some comraderie in it.

[Kruhee]

Josh's story reminded me of this... So our school did this Christmas food drive every year that would go to poor families and my family was one of the ones who would get some of it but my mom didn't want us to get made fun of so she would send each of her three kids with a single can to contribute. And while I was having kids poke fun at me for not sharing very much, my SISTER had this whole other thing going on in her class where like 5 kids brought in ramen packets and this one boy in her class who brought ramen kept repeating the same "joke" over and over again which was "Boy poor people really love ramen huh? Poor people really love eating ramen. Poor people must really love ramen!" So finally my sister just turned and snarled at him "Yeah we do, so shut up!" Anyway, that year my mom saved up and I don't remember what my sisters got but she got me a jar of lemon curd. All in all it was a good Christmas!

[brennangoodson]

Josh you made my day man, “make your own traditions, your past does not define you” thank you. The food looks legit….might have to steal for Saturday!!!!

[elizacarrie]

The most impressive part for me was the spork cam visiting the WOOD SHOP? I don’t know why it never occurred to me that GMM has its own fully stocked wood shop, especially with all the fun contraptions that make casual cameos, but it surprised me

[Ziphreeon]

As a public school teacher, I appreciate Josh sharing some of these tales, as my kids tell me these stories often and it's really upsetting how teenagers really still bully people over material things.

Josh putting humor on it is exactly what these kids do. They try to laugh at these past experiences that traumatized them to cope.

[Ari-obnj]

I'm not sure how many of these Christmas stories are real and how many are just a fever dream but I'd get you the whole pirated PDF version of Harry Potter, Josh. You deserve it.

[tavab]

Josh: Turns out there's a Joseph in the old testament and the sequel
Nicole: The sequel?
Josh: Oh sorry, the Squeakuel

I love him 😂

[Bobbnoxious]

Ah yes, no movie gets me in the holiday spirit quite like "The Human Centipede"

[ademonslayer]

I feel like if I were to make this, I'd make three slight changes to the recipe...

One, I'd go for boneless ham, cause bones just sound like a nightmare with this (even if meat cooked on the bone is generally nicer). Two, I would generally go for a smaller ham, so there's a more even distribution of the three layers. And three, I'd probably try to wrap it up like a beef wellington, instead of trying to layer the ingredients directly onto the ham.

Otherwise this looks super good!