"Wayne Boatwright" <wayneboatwright_at_gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Oh pshaw, on Fri 15 Sep 2006 01:26:10p, Peter meant to say...
>
>> shoulder. They can be quite good eating.
>>>>
>>>> Haha, thanks for answering. Yes, almost an uncooked ham. The label
>>>> says "cured pork", if that helps. I wasn't really sure at first
>>>> either, but as it is cooking right now, almost looking, and smelling,
>>>> like ham. Though not exactly like a cooked ham you would buy at a
>>>> grocery store, seems to have more of a unprocessed quality to it.
>>>
>>> I almost always buy uncooked hams from the grocery store. They are
>>> much cheaper (although there is a lot of fat and bone) and they taste
>>> much better. Just unwrap them, stick them on a broiler pan and bake
>>> according to directions on package (or in cookbook). They take a long
>>> time to cook but no effort. We generally put cloves in ours, but
>>> that's just us. We put cloves in the cooked hams also.
>>
>>
>> Well, If I had the option, I would prefer to buy uncooked ham, but I
>> don't see anything by that name here in the grocery store. When this
>> cottage roll is ready, and if it tastes close enough, I'll deffinitly be
>> buying these instead from here on out. Specificly for dutch pea soup,
>> but I can probably find many uses :-)
>>
>> Also, I don't mind bone in, great for soups.
>>
>> I think, it is possible, that a cottage roll is just a uncooked ham that
>> is brined? or is "regular" ham brined too? I have no idea.
>
> It's also good used in a "boiled dinner" with carrots, potatoes, onions,
> cabbage, etc.


That is exactly what I did. I just finished a couple bowls. It is
deffinitly "ham like", but I found it WAY more tender and tastey. I will
from now on buy cottage rolls instead of "hams". I cooked it for about 90
minutes then threw in cubed potatos, carrots chunks and half a cabbage, and
1 onion. It does not really need salt, but I tossed in some ground black
pepper, and a little garlic.

I'll try and record my recipe here, I never follow directions exactly, or
write anything down, but this should be close.

1 1.5kg (approx 3 pound) cottage roll
1 medium onion, chopped
1/2 savoy or green cabbage, chopped
3 medium to large carrots chunked or sliced as desired
2 medium to large potatos, cubed


Cover cottage roll in water to 3/4ths in large pot, boil then set to simmer
for 90 minutes. Add in carrots, cabbage and onion, let simmer for 15
minutes until cabbage softens in, add potatos, cook approx 45 min or until
ham reaches done per thermometer, and potatos are soft.

You can then cut the roll into large cubes and throw it back into the pot
like I did for a stew type of meal, or just slice it and eat it with the the
others on the side.

I imagine it goes very well with mustard if eaten on the side, and is
definitly on my list of things to try soon.