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"Michael \"Dog3\"" > wrote in
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>> Unlike the posters searching for ideas of how to use a hambone, I have
>> plenty of ideas, but not very many hambones, like maybe one a year.
>> Does anybody have a suggestion of how to lay hands on the occasional
>> hambone without having first to eat the ham? There are only two of
>> us, and a ham big enough to have a bone lasts a long time.
>>
>> I suspect that there may be no solution here. Nobody sells hambones
>> on ebay.
>
> Your local butcher can hook you up, maybe even your local supermarket
> butcher dept. can help you out.
>
> You might be able to find some decent shanks at the supermarket and if
> all else fails you can use hocks although they are different than what
> you are talking about.
>
> What are you going to make with the ham bones?
>
> Michael
>
>
>

Perhaps entertaining more often would provide you with more ham bones. I
buy about 3 to 4 hams a year. For a variety of reasons...family feasts,
celibatory dinners, dinner parties that sort of thing. I also put my
freezer to good use and thatway aren't stuck with a great deal of
leftovers ham that needs to be eaten soon.

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