Thread: ? about spiral sliced hams

On 5/24/2012 2:53 PM, zxcvbob wrote:
> Aldi has their sliced city hams on sale right now, $5 off. They are
> $1.69 I think per pound, and the average price is $15. Before cooking
> if I make one cut down to the bone, will the slices come off into little
> ham steaks that I can fry for breakfast? (will be feeding maybe a dozen
> people)
>
> I usually buy the ham steaks for about $2.35 a pound.
>
> I only need a few pounds, will the rest freeze OK for 3 to 6 months?


The only way I use a spiral sliced hams is to get it home, take all the
meat off the bone and put it in tupperware containers. You can freeze
some without problem. We use the meat exactly as you are talking
about... frying slices for breakfast or as an ingredient in a casserole,
etc. Sometimes we will heat it and serve with gravy. Use the bone and
scraps for making beans.

As a centerpiece for a ham dinner... I'd rather have a regular ham and
carve it.

George L

On Thu, 24 May 2012 14:53:43 -0500, zxcvbob wrote:

> Aldi has their sliced city hams on sale right now, $5 off. They are
> $1.69 I think per pound, and the average price is $15. Before cooking
> if I make one cut down to the bone, will the slices come off into little
> ham steaks that I can fry for breakfast? (will be feeding maybe a dozen
> people)
>
> I usually buy the ham steaks for about $2.35 a pound.
>
> I only need a few pounds, will the rest freeze OK for 3 to 6 months?
>
> -Bob

Why cook it? It's already at least partially cooked (possibly even
fully cooked), so why bother cooking the whole ham just to have it dry
out if you're just going to be frying slices from it?

Just slice it and fry it!

-sw

Sqwertz wrote:
> On Thu, 24 May 2012 14:53:43 -0500, zxcvbob wrote:
>
>
>> Aldi has their sliced city hams on sale right now, $5 off. They are
>> $1.69 I think per pound, and the average price is $15. Before cooking
>> if I make one cut down to the bone, will the slices come off into little
>> ham steaks that I can fry for breakfast? (will be feeding maybe a dozen
>> people)
>>
>> I usually buy the ham steaks for about $2.35 a pound.
>>
>> I only need a few pounds, will the rest freeze OK for 3 to 6 months?
>>
>> -Bob
>>
>
> Why cook it? It's already at least partially cooked (possibly even
> fully cooked), so why bother cooking the whole ham just to have it dry
> out if you're just going to be frying slices from it?
>
> Just slice it and fry it!
>
> -sw
>


That's the idea. Unwrap the cold ham and break it down. Keep the bone
and the scraps for myself, set aside a couple of pounds to fry for the
breakfast, and wrap the rest in a couple of packages in freezer paper
for the next big breakfast (couple of months away.)

-Bob

am eating one now, the slices aren't thick enough to be steaks but would go
nicely two or so slices per son, Lee
"zxcvbob" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> Aldi has their sliced city hams on sale right now, $5 off. They are $1.69
> I think per pound, and the average price is $15. Before cooking if I make
> one cut down to the bone, will the slices come off into little ham steaks
> that I can fry for breakfast? (will be feeding maybe a dozen people)
>
> I usually buy the ham steaks for about $2.35 a pound.
>
> I only need a few pounds, will the rest freeze OK for 3 to 6 months?
>
>
> -Bob

On Thu, 24 May 2012 15:26:23 -0500, zxcvbob wrote:

> Sqwertz wrote:
>> On Thu, 24 May 2012 14:53:43 -0500, zxcvbob wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Aldi has their sliced city hams on sale right now, $5 off. They are
>>> $1.69 I think per pound, and the average price is $15. Before cooking
>>> if I make one cut down to the bone, will the slices come off into little
>>> ham steaks that I can fry for breakfast? (will be feeding maybe a dozen
>>> people)
>>>
>>> I usually buy the ham steaks for about $2.35 a pound.
>>>
>>> I only need a few pounds, will the rest freeze OK for 3 to 6 months?
>>>
>>> -Bob
>>>
>>
>> Why cook it? It's already at least partially cooked (possibly even
>> fully cooked), so why bother cooking the whole ham just to have it dry
>> out if you're just going to be frying slices from it?
>>
>> Just slice it and fry it!
>>
>
> That's the idea. Unwrap the cold ham and break it down. Keep the bone
> and the scraps for myself, set aside a couple of pounds to fry for the
> breakfast, and wrap the rest in a couple of packages in freezer paper
> for the next big breakfast (couple of months away.)

OK, the way I read it I thought you were going to cook it whole first.

Yes, one cut just at the edge of the biggest butt muscle seam, you can
lift off whole slices fairly easily (I would make 2 cuts, probably -
for the first 2" of ham on the butt).

On Thu, 24 May 2012 14:53:43 -0500, zxcvbob <[email protected]>
wrote:

>Aldi has their sliced city hams on sale right now, $5 off. They are
>$1.69 I think per pound, and the average price is $15.
....

Schnucks in St Louis has their boneless Kretchmar hams on sale for
$1.69.lb!!! And they slice them freee of charge.

I rode my bicycle down last evening to pick up a few things and ended
up buying one even though I'd got 1/2 of one still packaged up in my
freezer! Can't beat the $1.69/lb price.

John Kuthe...

On Thu, 24 May 2012 14:53:43 -0500 in rec.food.cooking, zxcvbob
<[email protected]> wrote,
>Aldi has their sliced city hams on sale right now, $5 off. They are
>$1.69 I think per pound, and the average price is $15. Before cooking
>if I make one cut down to the bone, will the slices come off into little
>ham steaks that I can fry for breakfast?

You will have to cut them off the bone as well, and by the time you do
that you might have smaller pieces than the full round slice. No
matter, they will fry up for breakfast just fine.

zxcvbob <[email protected]> wrote:
> Aldi has their sliced city hams on sale right now, $5 off. They are
> $1.69 I think per pound, and the average price is $15. Before cooking
> if I make one cut down to the bone, will the slices come off into
> little ham steaks that I can fry for breakfast? (will be feeding
> maybe a dozen people)
>
> I usually buy the ham steaks for about $2.35 a pound.
>
> I only need a few pounds, will the rest freeze OK for 3 to 6 months?
>
>
> -Bob

For sammies it is fine, presuming it's a cooked ham. For feeding a crowd,
spiral cut hams are more likely to dry out in the oven. For me the spirals
are cut too thin and dry out even if you just fry individual slices. I
prefer a nice ham steak, or a nice ham with no spiral cut. A few nice big
ham steaks will serve several people each and if you don't cook all the
moisture out everyone will be happy. I cook them very hot and fast to
minimize the accumulation of juice/water in the skillet. Sometimes I have to
pour off the liquid before flipping. The juices with coffee can be used to
deglaze the pan to make a nice redeye gravy.

MartyB

"Sqwertz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 24 May 2012 14:53:43 -0500, zxcvbob wrote:
>
>> Aldi has their sliced city hams on sale right now, $5 off. They are
>> $1.69 I think per pound, and the average price is $15. Before cooking
>> if I make one cut down to the bone, will the slices come off into little
>> ham steaks that I can fry for breakfast? (will be feeding maybe a dozen
>> people)
>>
>> I usually buy the ham steaks for about $2.35 a pound.
>>
>> I only need a few pounds, will the rest freeze OK for 3 to 6 months?
>>
>> -Bob
>
> Why cook it? It's already at least partially cooked (possibly even
> fully cooked), so why bother cooking the whole ham just to have it dry
> out if you're just going to be frying slices from it?
>
> Just slice it and fry it!
>
> -sw
>
>
There is no such thing as a partially cooked ham in the US. The ham is
either cooked, labeled "ready to eat", or it's raw and need to be cooked.

On Sat, 26 May 2012 00:28:08 -0700, Kent wrote:

> "Sqwertz" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:1egyhlgi3c9qs$.[email protected]..
>
>> Why cook it? It's already at least partially cooked (possibly even
>> fully cooked), so why bother cooking the whole ham just to have it dry
>> out if you're just going to be frying slices from it?
>>
>> Just slice it and fry it!
>>
> There is no such thing as a partially cooked ham in the US. The ham is
> either cooked, labeled "ready to eat", or it's raw and need to be cooked.

There are USDA definitions and and then there is Reality. Of course
actual "reality" is never in your frame of mind.

Almost all those mass-produced smoked hams you see in the grocery
store labeled "Ready to Cook" have been heated to about 140F to
sterilize them before packaging. And if you have ever tasted a "ready
to cook ham" right out of package, it would be obvious to even the
most simple-minded moron such as yourself that it's not "raw" and has
been at least partially cooked.

http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-part...cooked-ham.htm

-sw