What a shame your thoughtful gift was pilfered, Karen.  Would have been gratifying to see their face after unwrapping package though...  Was it the eggs, cream and spinach dish with the ham? I thought that looked delicious too, not too complicated and perfect for a brunch. With biscuits and Mimosas, oh yeah. 

Never had the pleasure of eating an authentic country ham - thought about splurging and ordering online often.  Only regional ham I've tried is Spanish.  Spain is one ham loco nation - there are even ham museums! Jamón Iberico is Spain's version of ultra pricy Kobe beef, source of great national pride.  It's from free-range acorn fed Iberian pigs, dry cured.  More common is Jamón Serrano from unaristocratic pigs, regular feed.  In every neighborhood bare hanging from ceiling racks are several whole haunches of the serrano, hooves intact.  One is always on counter, impaled on special ham-holder ready for carving into paper-thin slices for snack or in sandwich. Not as thrilling as I thought it ought to be given the price.  Maybe an acquired taste. 

I just googled http://www.vapeanuts.com/virginia-country-hams-bacon.html - $42 13-15 lbs, not bad at all for special occasion. http://www.finchvillefarms.com/products.cfm in your neck of woods - $65 for 13-15 lbs, slices and steaks in lesser quantity for much less. I'm going to order that slab bacon from Smithfield methinks.   And how do you resurrect a moldy ham btw?