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Which ham for Easter?
On Tuesday, March 31, 2015 at 9:03:08 AM UTC-4, Janet wrote:
> In article >,
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> > On Sat, 28 Mar 2015 14:05:54 -0700 (PDT), Nellie
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> . 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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> > Just remember that hams are already cooked and you're just warming it
> > up.
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> You're confusing cured with cooked. Cured ham has not been cooked,
> it's still raw.
We don't have too much cured ham in the U.S. that hasn't
been smoked. Most of it is cooked; some of it is dry
like prosciutto. You'd have to look really hard to find
cured, unsmoked pig leg.
Cindy Hamilton
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