On 3/28/2015 5:05 PM, Nellie wrote:
> I've always, for the past twenty-five years or so, gotten a Honeybaked ham but for the last couple of years it has not been good.
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> So, I am in search of a ham to cook, slice, and bring with us. I have Lunardis, Nob Hill/Raley's, and all the national chains available to me. I will probably go with Lunardis, where I buy all my meat, and can get baking instructions from them.
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> However, any additional hints as to cooking a ham would be appreciated as I haven't done one in many years.
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> TIA
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> Nellie
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No offense, but I equate spiral sliced Honeybaked hams with office
"holiday" parties (pick a holiday, any holiday) from at least 35 years
ago. I know Honeybaked opened a bunch of shops and sold sandwiches for
a while. I have no idea if they still do. My mother ordered a
Honeybaked spiral ham when I was a teen. It wasn't bad, but if you
didn't like glazed ham in the first place spiral slicing it wasn't a big
incentive to suddenly love it. I ate it, but I am not one to go out
looking for ham.

I've never cooked *raw* ham and where I live wouldn't know where to buy
it. I would think telling the butcher what taste you're looking for is
the wisest thing.

Hey, look, I'm in the Ham Thread! LOL

Jill