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graciegirl 04-02-2018 06:29 PM

I don't cook Ham often. How do you cook a ham?
 
I can't remember the last time I cooked a ham. It isn't a popular, asked for item from my family. I love a delicious moist baked ham. Tell me your favorite way. AND your favorite brand, please.

under55 04-02-2018 08:02 PM

Ham
 
Buy any ham doesn't matter. Place ham in Electric Roaster. Rub the ham with Brown Sugar. Pineapple slices tooth picked to the outside. Pour in 2 liters of Coke Classic. Bring to temperature then eat.

village dreamer 04-02-2018 09:13 PM

ham
 
boil in water

Kenswing 04-02-2018 09:20 PM

The easy way.. Home To The Legendary Honey Baked Ham | HoneyBaked Ham :mmmm:

If I'm feeling ambitious I'll put it in the a smoker and use cherry and apple wood pellets.

tomwed 04-02-2018 10:08 PM

You asked what I do. I wait until it is on sale. The butt cut is usually 20 cents more a pound but there is a lot less waste. I cut it up before cooking and freeze it after I soak it for a day to dissolve the salt. I slice the biggest chunk across the grain and boil the bone with everything on it with onions, celery and carrots. I bake. fry and put in the crock pot the pieces.

njbchbum 04-02-2018 10:29 PM

Purchase any brand butt rather than shank cut - more meat and easier to carve. Rinse and soak for approx 30 mins to extract some of the salt/brine. Put in dutch oven or other pot that just fits the ham, add water until ham is almost covered and bring to a boil; simmer about 20 mins per pound (skim fat from water after water comes to a boil) Option: remove to roaster, score fat in a diamond pattern, pour a brown sugar/honey glaze over ham and crisp in 375* oven...about 15 mins. Ham should rest for 10 - 20 mins before carving so cover it with foil tent to keep warm.

I prefer not to bake a spiral sliced ham because despite wrapping it in foil before baking I have never had success at baking a ham as moist as as cooking a boiled ham!

missypie 04-03-2018 07:01 AM

Bought a Smithfield spiral ham. Topped it with a glaze that I saw Ina Garten make. 350 oven for one hour. Cover with foil and let it rest for half hour.

Psa1000 04-04-2018 03:13 PM

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Originally Posted by graciegirl (Post 1529459)
I can't remember the last time I cooked a ham. It isn't a popular, asked for item from my family. I love a delicious moist baked ham. Tell me your favorite way. AND your favorite brand, please.



Use a cooking bag and put pineapple and brown sugar on it. Ham with a bone is best.


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Henryk 04-06-2018 03:38 PM

I buy a ham on sale. Many are “ready to eat,” so they are cooked and only need warming at 325*. I make a glaze of honey, Dijon mustard, and brown sugar. Thirty minutes before done, glaze and bake at 450* for twenty campaign

tomwed 04-06-2018 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Henryk (Post 1530738)
I buy a ham on sale. Many are “ready to eat,” so they are cooked and only need warming at 325*. I make a glaze of honey, Dijon mustard, and brown sugar. Thirty minutes before done, glaze and bake at 450* for twenty campaign

I buy whole hams too. I butcher it up, soak it in water and freeze it in chunks. Today I nuked a frozen chunk, cut it up and remove the fat and put it in the crock pot with potatoes, beans in chile sauce and onions. not fancy, "Jersey Peasant Food"

tophcfa 04-06-2018 08:25 PM

Ham does not need to be cooked because it already is, just needs to be heated. Best way is to get a spiral ham (already cut) and put it on a rack in the oven for the recommended time and temperature on the label. We always heat the ham for an extra half hour or so because the crispy meat on the ends and outside is very tasty. Serve with a good quality mustard and enjoy : )

bob47 04-06-2018 08:51 PM

Never fails if you boil it. We remove the rind and put it in a large Dutch oven, shank or butt portion makes no difference, almost cover with water, and bring to a boil and simmer for 4 or 5 minutes to pull out some of the salt.

Drain the water, cover with fresh water, add a quartered large onion, and boil for about 1-1/2 to 2 hours. We usually throw in whole peeled potatoes and sometimes whole trimmed green beans for the last hour of the second boil.

If the water is not too salty, we use it the next day with the ham bone to make split pea soup. Otherwise, fresh water for the soup.

tophcfa 04-06-2018 09:02 PM

Thanks for suggestion, love the idea do getting rid of some of the salt the ham is cured with. That's the worst part of the ham, way to salty and not good for the blood pressure. I think that's why eating the ham with a good mustard is so popular, it masks all the salt. And pea soup made with a ham bone is the best.

manaboutown 04-06-2018 10:13 PM

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Nucky 04-07-2018 01:23 AM

To be honest, thankfully we don't have to follow all the traditions of our former life. No Ham Or Turkey unless one of us wants it. I can live through a ham if my wife really wants one but in my opinion, it can go next to the tilapia in the gar-bage. We did have one ham from Honey Baked Ham that was a Spiral ham that was great. Other than that, yuck.

Quick note, a meal at Cane Garden the other day was great thanks for the online tip to try them out.


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