Sheldon wrote:
> "Nancy Young" wrote:
>> I didn't write this letter to Cook's Country:
>>
>> Many years ago, when I was throwing my first dinner party,
>> I wanted to serve ham. �I had forgotten the brand of ham
>> my mother usually bought, and I didn't really have a clue
>> how to make her candied ham, but I decided to improvise.
>> I took the large ham out of the can, scraped off the jelly,
>> spread mustard and brown sugar on the top, and then
>> covered the top with pineapple rings. �After baking it for a
>> few hours, I took the ham out to serve to my hungry guests.
>> It looked a little strange because all the toppings had fallen
>> off the ham and into the pan. �My husband soon found out
>> why when he went to carve the ham. �The ham was still
>> encased in plastic!

> Ahem, what brand... and why pray tell would there be gelatin *outside*
> the plastic??? If by "Cook's Country" you mean "Cook's" brand ham
> they don't have a canned ham. http://cooksham.com/pages/products/

Cook's Country is a magazine put out by the Cook's Illustrated
company, AKA America's Test Kitchen.

> I've prepared a lot of canned ham, I mean a LOT, and many different
> brands, and over many years... and I never saw a canned ham in plastic
> wrap...

(laugh) Understand, it happened to me, years ago. Very
discouraging. Yes, some hams come out of the can with a
shrink wrapped plastic bag on it. Invisible if you don't know
it's there.

Back then that's how I thought of ham, it came in a can with a
key.

nancy