"Felice" > wrote in message
...
> The leftovers from Senior Daughter's house included the remnants of a
> pre-Christmas ham that included slices for several meals and what may be
> the biggest hambone in the history of hamdom.
>
(snippage(
> I couldn't possible consume that much [boring] pea or lentil soup

IMHO, freeze the bone for stock. I'm sure it has plenty of meat on it. Cut
off the as much meat as possible first. You may (or may not) choose to use
save some of the meat for sandwiches. Freeze what you think you won't
immediately use. You can can always defrost it.

Jill