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On Fri, 25 Dec 2009 00:08:29 -0500, wrote:

>Thanks for all the previous answers. I checked the label/cooking directions. The
>label says "ready to cook", so I guess I screwed up and didn't buy a cooked ham
>that I just have to warm up. Alright, so I start my day a lot earlier than
>planned. It says cook at 325 degrees for 25 minutes per pound. It's a 12 pound
>ham. That works out to 300 minutes or five hours. Seems a long time to me. I've
>never had anything in the oven for that long. Even turkey's I've cooked didn't
>take that long. Does five hours for a ham sound reasonable? I'd better read
>labels better in the future. This thing sure looks like a cooked ham. Thanks.

If that's a fresh ham, it's not going to taste at all like what you
expected. So, be prepared.

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