"sf" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 17 Jul 2014 22:08:48 -0700, "Julie Bove"
> > wrote:
>
>>
>> > wrote in message
>> ...
>> > On Thursday, July 17, 2014 4:05:47 PM UTC-5, wrote:
>> >>
>> >> last january i purchased 1/4 hog ....... have used most of it but some
>> >> items
>> >> i don't know how to cook first is ham steak. think it is about 1.5
>> >> pounds,
>> >> I pan fried same a few months ago and was kind of tough. I think i
>> >> cooked
>> >> about 4 or 5 minutes on each side..............if i cook longer will
>> >> it
>> >> be
>> >> more tender?
>> >>
>> >>
>> > They're fabulous cooked on a grill, gas or charcoal, and served with
>> > mashed potatoes and fried apples. Depends on how hot your grill is
>> > about
>> > 7 or 8 minutes per side does it.
>> >
>> > Why Julie thinks those ham steaks are already cooked is anybody's guess
>> > when you clearly stated you bought a quarter hog.
>>
>> I read it that he had two entirely different things. Ham steak and then
>> the
>> 1/4 hog. Now I suppose it is possible to have uncooked ham steaks but
>> the
>> ones we get here are already cooked.
>
> I didn't reply because I didn't know what the hell he was talking
> about. He said the roast was smoked. I've never heard of a smoked
> roast and it doesn't sound very appetizing if it's anything like
> smoked pork chops. I'd just cut it up into small pieces and use it to
> flavor beans. No idea how to treat a fresh ham steak. Actually, I do
> but I have no practical experience so it's only theory. That's why we
> have the internet. Google it.
>
> Surely he has a modicum of internet skills if he managed to find
> usenet.

He didn't say that it was a fresh steak either but if the roast was smoked
then most likely the steak would be too.