On Apr 16, 12:28�pm, "Bunny McElwee" >
wrote:
> * * I bought a few smoked ready to cook shank end hams back in February
> 2006. They were on sale so I bought 4 or 5 of them. Brought them directly
> home, straight into the freezer in their original packaging. I still have
> two of them in the freezer. So they have been in there for a year and 2
> months. Are they still safe to eat or should I go out and buy fresh? I'm
> having in laws in for the weekend and want to make a ham, but don't want to
> kill anyone.

A lot depends on your freezer temperature, and even if properly set at
below zero F (and most home freezers are not) still two years is kinda
long, especially for salted meat. Those hams probably cost a buck a
pound, not very much, I'd toss em... and should be yet another lesson
on how home freezers cannot save money, they are a convenience only,
they actually increase your food bill.

Sheldon