So, the local grocer didn't have Italian sausage for tonight's pizza.
I bought ground ham. I was wondering if anyone ever used this before?
Do I fry it up beforehand or do I just break it up on the pizza?

--
Yours,
Dan S.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

On Dec 27, 2:56*pm, DanS. > wrote:
> So, the local grocer didn't have Italian sausage for tonight's pizza. *
> I bought ground ham. *I was wondering if anyone ever used this before? *
> Do I fry it up beforehand or do I just break it up on the pizza?
>
> --
> Yours,
> Dan S.
> Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

Is it raw? If so, I'd fry it up with some spices and then put it on
the pie.

DanS. wrote:
> So, the local grocer didn't have Italian sausage for tonight's pizza. I
> bought ground ham. I was wondering if anyone ever used this before? Do
> I fry it up beforehand or do I just break it up on the pizza?
>
I'd leave it off altogether and enjoy a meatless pizza. I'm not sure
ground ham would be tasted over strongly flavored pizza sauce? Ground
ham is very good for other things so it won't go to waste here.

On 27/12/2010 5:56 PM, DanS. wrote:
> So, the local grocer didn't have Italian sausage for tonight's pizza. I
> bought ground ham. I was wondering if anyone ever used this before? Do I
> fry it up beforehand or do I just break it up on the pizza?
>
Cooked ham? Add some chopped pickle and mayo to make some ham and
pickle salad sandwiches, my all time favourite, and I don't even care
for ham.

Chemo the Clown added the following to the totality of all human wisdom
on 12/27/2010 in writing
> On Dec 27, 2:56*pm, DanS. > wrote:
>> So, the local grocer didn't have Italian sausage for tonight's pizza. *
>> I bought ground ham. *I was wondering if anyone ever used this before? *
>> Do I fry it up beforehand or do I just break it up on the pizza?
>>
>> --
>> Yours,
>> Dan S.
>> Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!
>
> Is it raw? If so, I'd fry it up with some spices and then put it on
> the pie.
I just tasted it. It's cooked. Thanks.

--
Yours,
Dan S.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

On Dec 27, 3:17*pm, DanS. > wrote:
> Chemo the Clown added the following to the totality of all human wisdom
> on 12/27/2010 in writing> On Dec 27, 2:56*pm, DanS. > wrote:
> >> So, the local grocer didn't have Italian sausage for tonight's pizza. *
> >> I bought ground ham. *I was wondering if anyone ever used this before? *
> >> Do I fry it up beforehand or do I just break it up on the pizza?
>
> >> --
> >> Yours,
> >> Dan S.
> >> Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!
>
> > Is it raw? If so, I'd fry it up with some spices and then put it on
> > the pie.
>
> I just tasted it. *It's cooked. *Thanks.
>
> --
> Yours,
> Dan S.
> Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

make ham salad.....leave it off the pizza.

Is tasting accurate?

Shouldn't the package say cooked or not?


I will however agree that a ham pizza may not be the best. I guess
you can try half and half. But there are plenty of things you can do
with ground ham, as some mention.

-J

On Dec 27, 3:17*pm, DanS. > wrote:
> Chemo the Clown added the following to the totality of all human wisdom
> on 12/27/2010 in writing> On Dec 27, 2:56*pm, DanS. > wrote:
> >> So, the local grocer didn't have Italian sausage for tonight's pizza. *
> >> I bought ground ham. *I was wondering if anyone ever used this before? *
> >> Do I fry it up beforehand or do I just break it up on the pizza?
>
> >> --
> >> Yours,
> >> Dan S.
> >> Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!
>
> > Is it raw? If so, I'd fry it up with some spices and then put it on
> > the pie.
>
> I just tasted it. *It's cooked. *Thanks.
>
> --
> Yours,
> Dan S.
> Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

Actually, even if it's cooked, you could still lightly fry with some
spices...might make it taste a bit better on the pie.

"DanS." > wrote in message
...
> So, the local grocer didn't have Italian sausage for tonight's pizza. I
> bought ground ham. I was wondering if anyone ever used this before? Do I
> fry it up beforehand or do I just break it up on the pizza?
>
> --
> Yours,
> Dan S.
> Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!
>
>
I wouldn't put the ground ham on the top. It will burn. It works well to put
it under the cheese without any tomato sauce. Look at my recipe below.
Ground ham on the pizza round, followed by slices of cheese, then minced
onions and thin slices of Roma tomato make a very interesting variation on
the usual pizza. The sliced tomato must be good and fleshy like a Roma. If
it's wet, blot each slice. The fresh tomato taste is great. The heat
evaporates some of the tomato's water so it needs to be on the top of
everything else.

Cheers,

Kent

On Mon, 27 Dec 2010 17:56:33 -0500, DanS. wrote:

> So, the local grocer didn't have Italian sausage for tonight's pizza.
> I bought ground ham. I was wondering if anyone ever used this before?
> Do I fry it up beforehand or do I just break it up on the pizza?

Does it look like a sausage? Then cook it first. Both Farmland
and Smithfield make a ground ham sausage that should be cooked
first since it's a lot of fat and it's raw. I wouldcook it to
loose some of the fat first.

-sw

On 12/27/2010 6:37 PM, Kent wrote:
> > wrote in message
> ...
>> So, the local grocer didn't have Italian sausage for tonight's pizza. I
>> bought ground ham. I was wondering if anyone ever used this before? Do I
>> fry it up beforehand or do I just break it up on the pizza?
>>
>> --
>> Yours,
>> Dan S.
>> Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!
>>
>>
> I wouldn't put the ground ham on the top. It will burn. It works well to put
> it under the cheese without any tomato sauce. Look at my recipe below.
> Ground ham on the pizza round, followed by slices of cheese, then minced
> onions and thin slices of Roma tomato make a very interesting variation on
> the usual pizza. The sliced tomato must be good and fleshy like a Roma. If
> it's wet, blot each slice. The fresh tomato taste is great. The heat
> evaporates some of the tomato's water so it needs to be on the top of
> everything else.
>

And then add some pineapple.

Kent added the following to the totality of all human wisdom on
12/27/2010 in writing
> "DanS." > wrote in message
> ...
>> So, the local grocer didn't have Italian sausage for tonight's pizza. I
>> bought ground ham. I was wondering if anyone ever used this before? Do I
>> fry it up beforehand or do I just break it up on the pizza?
>>
>> -- Yours,
>> Dan S.
>> Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!
>>
>>
> I wouldn't put the ground ham on the top. It will burn. It works well to put
> it under the cheese without any tomato sauce. Look at my recipe below. Ground
> ham on the pizza round, followed by slices of cheese, then minced onions and
> thin slices of Roma tomato make a very interesting variation on the usual
> pizza. The sliced tomato must be good and fleshy like a Roma. If it's wet,
> blot each slice. The fresh tomato taste is great. The heat evaporates some of
> the tomato's water so it needs to be on the top of everything else.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Kent

I sprinkled a bit on top of the sauce, then a little cheese, then some
veggies, more cheese then pepperoni. I'd say though you could barely
tell there was ham on it, it spiced the pizza nicely ... smokey,
saltiness. Pretty good.

I'll make ham salad out of the rest though, as others suggested.

Thanks.

--
Yours,
Dan S.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

"ImStillMags" > wrote in message
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On Dec 27, 3:17 pm, DanS. > wrote:
> Chemo the Clown added the following to the totality of all human wisdom
> on 12/27/2010 in writing> On Dec 27, 2:56 pm, DanS.
> > wrote:
> >> So, the local grocer didn't have Italian sausage for tonight's pizza.
> >> I bought ground ham. I was wondering if anyone ever used this before?
> >> Do I fry it up beforehand or do I just break it up on the pizza?
>
> >> --
> >> Yours,
> >> Dan S.
> >> Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!
>
> > Is it raw? If so, I'd fry it up with some spices and then put it on
> > the pie.
>
> I just tasted it. It's cooked. Thanks.
>
> --
> Yours,
> Dan S.
> Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

make ham salad.....leave it off the pizza.

That's what my MIL used to do with it. Mixed it with pickles and mayo.

"Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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>
> "ImStillMags" > wrote in message
> ...
> On Dec 27, 3:17 pm, DanS. > wrote:
>> Chemo the Clown added the following to the totality of all human wisdom
>> on 12/27/2010 in writing> On Dec 27, 2:56 pm, DanS.
>> > wrote:
>> >> So, the local grocer didn't have Italian sausage for tonight's pizza.
>> >> I bought ground ham. I was wondering if anyone ever used this before?
>> >> Do I fry it up beforehand or do I just break it up on the pizza?
>>
>> >> --
>> >> Yours,
>> >> Dan S.
>> >> Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!
>>
>> > Is it raw? If so, I'd fry it up with some spices and then put it on
>> > the pie.
>>
>> I just tasted it. It's cooked. Thanks.
>>
>> --
>> Yours,
>> Dan S.
>> Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!
>
> make ham salad.....leave it off the pizza.
>
> That's what my MIL used to do with it. Mixed it with pickles and mayo.
>
Ground ham wouldn't work in ham salad. Ham salad needs to have a bit of ham
identity. You need to know when that piece of ham hits your molar teeth.

If you were stuck with ground cured ham, it would work well in a ham loaf.

Kent

On Dec 27, 9:11*pm, "Kent" > wrote:
> "Julie Bove" > wrote in message
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> > "ImStillMags" > wrote in message
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> > On Dec 27, 3:17 pm, DanS. > wrote:
> >> Chemo the Clown added the following to the totality of all human wisdom
> >> on 12/27/2010 in writing> On Dec 27, 2:56 pm, DanS.
> >> > wrote:
> >> >> So, the local grocer didn't have Italian sausage for tonight's pizza.
> >> >> I bought ground ham. I was wondering if anyone ever used this before?
> >> >> Do I fry it up beforehand or do I just break it up on the pizza?
>
> >> >> --
> >> >> Yours,
> >> >> Dan S.
> >> >> Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!
>
> >> > Is it raw? If so, I'd fry it up with some spices and then put it on
> >> > the pie.
>
> >> I just tasted it. It's cooked. Thanks.
>
> >> --
> >> Yours,
> >> Dan S.
> >> Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!
>
> > make ham salad.....leave it off the pizza.
>
> > That's what my MIL used to do with it. *Mixed it with pickles and mayo.
>
> Ground ham wouldn't work in ham salad. Ham salad needs to have a bit of ham
> identity. You need to know when that piece of ham hits your molar teeth.
>
> If you were stuck with ground cured ham, it would work well in a ham loaf..

Sheldon would not approve of you substituting ham for his beloved Spam
in your loaf.
>
> Kent

--Bryan

On Dec 27, 5:17*pm, DanS. > wrote:
> Chemo the Clown added the following to the totality of all human wisdom
> on 12/27/2010 in writing> On Dec 27, 2:56*pm, DanS. > wrote:
> >> So, the local grocer didn't have Italian sausage for tonight's pizza. *
> >> I bought ground ham. *I was wondering if anyone ever used this before? *
> >> Do I fry it up beforehand or do I just break it up on the pizza?
>
> >> --
> >> Yours,
> >> Dan S.
> >> Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!
>
> > Is it raw? If so, I'd fry it up with some spices and then put it on
> > the pie.
>
> I just tasted it. *It's cooked. *Thanks.
>
> --
> Yours,
> Dan S.
> Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!

There's that 80's concoction - ham and pineapple pizza - just put bit/
globs of it here and there and add the pineapple chunks. Not my
favorite, but some people like it.

N.

Kent wrote:
> "DanS." > wrote:
>
>> So, the local grocer didn't have Italian sausage for tonight's pizza. I
>> bought ground ham. I was wondering if anyone ever used this before?

It also goes extremely well in omlettes.

> I wouldn't put the ground ham on the top. It will burn. It works well to put
> it under the cheese without any tomato sauce.

To me that's true of all of the "toppings". Crust (wheat free in my
case) then sauce then all of the toppings then the cheese.

I like black olives. I like green olives more. Green olives burn if
they are above the cheese. The solution is to put them under the
cheese. It is a strategy that works with any ingredient subject to
burning and that works fine with any other ingredient as well.