"John Kuthe" wrote
rfd...wrote:

>> 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

Ah, there's the size and temp. Missed it before. Yes, he had a bigger ham
and a lower temp.

>> 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.

RFD, there are some things that take even longer. A pork shoulder for
example done 'southern style' often goes in at 375 for 30-45 mins, then
reduce temp to 225 for 8 hours or more (size dependant, I know by looking
but there's probably stuff on th web showing how long per lb).

> If it's called a "ham", it's been "cooked" already. Smoked hopefully,
> or some semblance thereof.
> Ham is 100% cooked when sold. You do not have to cook it more,
> although many may.

Sorry John but that isn't true where I am nor apparently Dan. Could be in
your part of the country? Here it is sold as 'ham' based on the cut and if
it hasnt been pre-cooked, has to be labeled something like 'must be cooked
before eating' or some semblance there-of. I will say that they are
normally off to the side a bit since the store probably gets a higher markup
for the pre-cooked ones hence tends to put them more where the eye will see
them first. I had to scrabble around behind the gwaltney's to find the
'good one' we got.