Nancy Young wrote:
>
> "Stan Horwitz" > wrote
> >
> > Not to quibble with details, but how could this would be chef have
> > "scraped off the jelly" from the ham without removing the plastic
> > wrapping first?
>
> I don't know. Perhaps they use it to fill the can so thing
> doesn't rattle around in there.

Most plastic films, especially heat-sealable films,
cannot survive retort temperatures used in canning
without melting and completely losing their structural
integrity.

I have found paper wrapping around canned hams.
Maybe it was a paper wrapping, not plastic?