Questions tagged [ham]
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Jamon Serrano smells awful
I don't know a thing about cured ham, but I just opened this ham, and while I realize a cured ham probably has a peculiar smell, I can't imagine this horrific stench being intended. My entire ...
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Traditionally, is prosciutto never to be cooked?
In a discussion about pancetta and prosciutto in sauces (specifically, bolognese), a friend said that
"Traditionally, prosciutto is never to be cooked."
I have not heard that before. I ...
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Can I re-cook a ham that was left out overnight?
I left a fully cooked ham in a bag out overnight. It was refrigerator temperature when I took it out at 9pm. Our Seattle home was not heated; it was about 50 degrees last night. I found it at 6am and ...
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How dangerous is it to bake food with plastic?
I just baked a spiral ham for an hour. There was a little piece of plastic that I was supposed to 'remove before cooking', but I didn't notice it.
After an hour, the ham was baked and the plastic ...
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Why does processed meat contain preservatives, while canned fish needs not?
I've read that canned salmon typically does not contain any preservatives.
On the other hand processed meat (such as ham) contains them.
Why are preservatives needed in some cases but not others?
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What's the difference between Prosciutto, Jamon Serrano and Speck?
Jamon Serrano and Prosciutto appear to be pretty much the same thing. Both are dried cured (and pressed) pig legs. Speck appears to be the same thing, but made with different cuts of pork.
Is there ...
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Is it safe to eat a lump of Jamon that grew some mold?
A lump of Jamon in my fridge grew some white mold. Is it safe to eat if I scrape all the mold away?
Edit: this is white mold, of the sort that grows on Camambert cheese, or so it appears. Not green ...
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How can I keep large packs of ham fresh longer?
On the back of the packs of sliced ham I buy it usually says “once opened eat within x days”. I often find that I have ham left over that needs to be eaten, that I’d prefer to save for another day.
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Savory Cotton Candy?
One thing I've always wanted to do is make savory cotton candy, but I'm not sure how to go about it. I understand that cotton candy is spun sugar so that introduces a challenge. I have a cotton candy ...
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Crisping prosciutto
This may seem like an obvious question, but I have a couple of recipes that I make a lot that require crumbling crisped prosciutto over / in them.
Whilst I have experimented with many frying / ...
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How would I go about home smoking a ham joint?
I love the flavour of smoked meats, such as ham, and have wondered if it would be achievable to to do some smoking in a domestic environment? Would I need to hot-smoke, or cold-smoke? what would the ...
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Why is there liquid in my macaroni salad, potato salad and tuna salad the day after making them?
When I make potato salad, macaroni salad, tuna salad, and sometimes ham salad, it seems like there's always a puddle of excess liquid at the bottom of the storage container the next day.
Does anyone ...
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How do I peel prosciutto from wax paper without it coming off in strips?
Anytime I've purchased prosciutto from a store it's sold in slices separated by pieces of wax paper, but when I try and peel it off it doesn't peel evenly. The lines of fat in the ham offers less ...
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How long does it take to warm a ham in the oven?
I bought a fully cooked ham. It was frozen, and it's now thawed. How long should I put in the oven to warm it up?
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How can I make my Christmas dinner less dry?
For Christmas, I make the same thing every year. My family loves it, I never get any complaints, and they really won't let me leave out or substitute any of my staples. Nobody has a problem with it, ...
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What is the difference between Paris ham and French ham?
My supermarket sells two kinds of pre-sliced ham. One is called Paris-style and the other French-style ham. Both kinds of ham are from the same company and the names are no indication of where the ham ...
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Best preservation of parma ham?
We were recently in Italy and bought a large piece of parma ham, which we'd like to use over a protracted period. It is vacuum packed at the moment, what is the best way to preserve it once opened?
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a good substitute for pineapple when cooking a ham
I want to make a Dr. Pepper glazed ham, which calls for pineapple juice. Unfortunately, my child is allergic to pineapple. What can I use to replace the pineapple juice and pineapple bits on the ham?
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Smoked ham roast: what do I do with it?
My girlfriend's parents recently gave us a bunch of pork from my girlfriend's grandpa's farm. The bacon and sausage we know what to do with but there's also a hunk of meat labeled "smoked ham roast" ...
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What is a "raw smoked" gammon (or ham)?
In many recipes I've come across the term "raw smoked gammon" (sometimes also "raw smoked ham"). English is not my primary language, so such terms are sometimes difficult. This site has an answer on ...
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How long can I keep a leg of ham in the fridge?
How long will a glazed ham last for?
I have a ham, which I glazed.
It was in a vac pack, and does not expire for 2 months.
Since I have removed it from the vac pack, glazed and cooked it. How long ...
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Is there a way to make ham in a casserole less salty?
When I was pregnant, my mother-in-law helped me make several casseroles to freeze. We're still eating them, but the ones with ham have had some problems. At first, it was just ham, vegetables, and ...
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How should I cook a ham bone for chili?
I want to make chili using a ham bone (with a little meat on it). How should I cook it to make good use of both the meat and the bone?
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If you don't cure a ham and just brine it, is it just considered a pork roast?
I brined a ham over night and then slow baked it. Then topped with an apricot honey glaze. It looked and tasted just like pork tenderloin and was white meat and not pink.
I know curing it gives it a ...
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Cooking smoked cured ham on a rotisserie
I have two smoked and cured hams averaging about four to five pounds a piece that I purchased from a local farmer. I also have a rotisserie attachment for my gas grill, which also has a back burner, ...
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How do I know by taste, if ham is bad. I have had pre cooked ham cooking in a slow cooker on warm for 3 days [duplicate]
My boyfriend has been using this idea, for a long time. He makes bean soup, with just ham and beans.. maybe a onion, then it sits in the crockpot on warm until digested, by us. LOL. well today. I ...
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Hot pink spots on surface of ham steak
I bought a frozen ham steak (natural pork from local farm/meat processor), and noticed when I went to cook it that there is a bit of very bright, hot pink on the surface. Is this safe?
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Roasting two ham roasts at once
I am cooking two fresh ham roasts at once for a large crowd. The instructions are for minutes per pound. Do I add my roasts for total pounds or figure for one?
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Different cooking times and different dishes
Merry Christmas! I would love it if all my dishes came out at the same time. Any ideas?
I am cooking a ham at 350, au gratin potatoes at 425 and a souffle at 350 what temperature should I cook at to ...
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How should I prepare this smoked ham?
I just got a frozen ham. I have never dealt with a ham before.
If I don't need to eat it now, should I put it in the freezer or refrigerator? The package says "keep refrigerated". Does it mean it can ...
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How to mount a ham?
I bought a Serrano ham on sale. It's the whole pig's leg, and it comes with a kind of a stand. However, the stand was delivered in pieces like IKEA furniture, but unlike IKEA, it has no manual ...
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Is there a way to heat a precooked ham in a 425 degree oven?
Is it possible to protect a precooked ham while heating in an over hot oven?
For example is it possible to heat a precooked while cooking a turkey at 425 by say wrapping it in a double layer of foil, ...
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Do I have to cure a fresh ham before smoking?
I have a fresh ham. Do I need to cure it somehow before I put it in the stove-top smoker?
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Is it possible/advisable to slice deboned Jamon Iberico on a mandoline?
I am intending to purchase some Jamon Iberico, but I am not confident in my ability to use the knife correctly on the jamonera to produce sufficiently thin slices.
I do have a mandoline slicer, ...
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Is a smoked pork shoulder a suitable substitute for ham hocks?
In reference to a recipe for ham hocks and beans, can I use smoked pork shoulder instead of ham hocks and still get a good result? What will be the difference in end product, if any?
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Do modern food stores have a code for "this package of ham was from a bad pig"?
I have noticed that sometimes, something like a package of ham slices will be heavily rebated. You can buy several at once for a much smaller price than usual. Even though the product is normally ...
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How can I roast/heat all these foods for one meal?
I'm a microwave cook wanting to get fancy for a Christmas dinner tomorrow. I'm having trouble putting together a schedule for what to put in a regular gas oven at what temp, when, for a 4pm dinner. ...
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wet cured ham spoilage
I left a frozen wet cured fully cooked ham still in the shrink wrap in a cool water circulation last night to thaw it. At some point my wife used the faucet and set the temp on the tap up. When I ...
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Do these smoked ham hocks which contain dextrose, contain gluten?
I love using smoked ham hock in soups, beans and stews. Dextrose is a listed item on this package I bought - does dextrose contain gluten?
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Raw Ham Roast...How to smoke
I was given a frozen ham roast from a friend who bought a hog. I have a smoker and was wondering how to smoke a raw ham roast...
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Is strong smell normal for Serrano ham or is my ham bad
I just got Noel branded Spanish Serrano ham from Costco. Remove ham from the plastic package and noticed that there is a strong smell coming from the ham. It's not terrible but not very pleasant ...
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How long can you safely cure using Morton's Tender Quick?
Morton's Tender Quick says to cure for hours, but the curing recipe I am using says to cure my ham for 4 days. I am wondering does Morton's Tender Quick cure so fast that it only needs hours? Or can I ...
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Why do people put Coke on their ham?
Why do people put Coke on their ham? What purpose does it serve? Is there another more specific and specialized ingredient that does the same thing?
This recipe is an example, but it isn't the only ...
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Why do my pre-cooked hams always take way longer than they should?
My ham is 8.5lbs half-ham and was refridgerated, but not frozen. Here are the instructions that were with it.
Here's what I did:
Preheated the oven to 275.
Removed all packaging and put the ham face ...
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Coloring ham green
It has come to my attention that in the book "Green Eggs and Ham", the property "green" is applied to both the eggs and the ham. How can I achieve this effect (green ham) at home? I have years of ...
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Are feral hog hind quarters hams, or a different type of pork?
I recently hunted feral hog and had one processed. I have two full bone-in hind quarters. I wondering if these are considered hams or a different cut/type of pork. How would one go about cooking a ...
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How long can a packet of sliced ham be used once opened? [duplicate]
When buying ham slices from supermarket, I get like 10 slices in them. I want to use it for a week.
But the packing says when once opened it should be used within 2 days. So it seems like the 8 ...
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Wet Cooked Ham Slices
If you were to open a packet of cooked ham slices and they were wet, is that a bad sign? Are they gone bad? Is it ok to eat them?
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deli ham left in warm car
I bought some ham from the deli the other day and forgot it in the car for about 5 hours. It was a 77 degree day. When I ran out to go get it the meat still felt cool so I threw it in the refrigerator ...
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Honey-glazed gammon (ham) - What to serve with it? [closed]
I've got down a pretty good honey/whiskey glazed gammon but previously I've always used it cold in sandwhiches or on meat platters.
This evening, however, I am planning on serving the joint hot as ...
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