On 12/26/2016 9:14 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
> On Mon, 26 Dec 2016 20:18:23 -0500, jmcquown >
> wrote:
>
>> On 12/26/2016 7:27 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>> What's left of my holiday ham. We had brussel sprouts with egg
>>> noodles, and a store bought apple pie w/Redi Whip.
>>> We'll pick on the ham a couple more days (tiring of it now) and then
>>> use what remains to make a lima bean soup, I have two 2 lb bags of
>>> Great Value (Walmart) dried limas. I have plenty onions, celery,
>>> carrots, and whatever else... and I have an 18 qt. pot I think will
>>> suffice. I still haven't decided on using two pounds of limas or all
>>> four pounds of limas. I've bought the Sugardale brand before, it's
>>> very good: http://www.sugardale.com/
>>> On sale the price was right:
>>> http://i67.tinypic.com/15pseit.jpg
>>> Still plenty left for soup:
>>> http://i65.tinypic.com/1z6r5o9.jpg
>>>
>> Looks good, Sheldon. I like ham, I just don't want to eat that much of
>> it. I like the idea of lima been soup. I love lima beans and don't
>> know why so many people don't. Then again I like most types of beans.
>>
>> Happy Holidays!
>
> Happy Holidays to you too!
> That butt half was their smallest but still 9 pounds, but after
> cooking, and trimming the fat, and the bone is not edible, I'd guess
> there's barely five pounds of meat. Probably too much for just you
> but there were four here. If you invite a couple of neighbors I think
> you can handle a half ham. It's rather inexpensive too so it's not
> like it's a big investment. And what you can't eat you can freeze. I
> will use the meaty bone for soup, and bean soup freezes well.

I checked online. A half a ham with the bone is running about $1.59/lb.
Still not expensive but more ham than I need, even with a freezer.

As for inviting the neighbors, they're still feuding so no, I'm staying
well away from that mess!

> Left over ham is also very good in potato and mac caseroles w/cheese,

Mom sometimes added diced ham to her baked mac & cheese. That was tasty.

> win win. Today I cut some ham cubes and blended some mustard with
> honey, was very tasty, served as lunch and dinner.
>
I can't stand "honey mustard", but I hope you and yours enjoyed it.

Jill