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Tuesday, January 8, 2019

What To do With a Spiral Cut Ham!


Over the past several weeks we've run across hams on really good sales while we were out and about and altogether, purchased three.  Each weighed in the 10 -12 lb range and that's a lot of ham.  There is no way we could eat that much ham, even if we wanted to!  

Here's what you can do with ham, after it's cooked, instead of eating it until you're tired of it …  (I wrap the ham in aluminum foil and bake it on this kind of  baking sheet.)

Remove the spiral cut slices and freeze them in meal size portions.

The bigger chunks can be bagged and frozen to go in beans, soups, casseroles, etc.  You can also can ham chunks.  

The smaller chunks/pieces can be diced into small pieces for use in omelets, frittatas, salads, etc.  They can be bagged and frozen into 1/2 cup portions or larger.

The liquid that cooked out of the ham can be frozen in ice cubes, bagged and used for seasoning purposes as needed.

The ham bone can be added to a pot of beans or a pot of greens while they're cooking.  All the remaining meat will come off the bone and add to your pot of whatever.  

Can you think of other ways to use/preserve a spiral cut ham?


 patsi

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