Post by Clipper on Dec 22, 2019 10:48:26 GMT -5
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I have always struggled to properly carve or debone a ham. Shank portion hams come on sale here often and we always have at least one in the freezer. I recently bought two of them for 99 cents a pound.
There is a whole series of videos that can be linked showing how to carve either a bone in shank portion or butt portion ham. There is also a couple of videos showing how to completely debone the ham. We eat quite a bit of ham. A six or seven pound ham yields several meals for us. We have the roasted ham and then the left overs are packaged for use later. Some is sliced thin for sandwiches, and to serve with eggs at breakfast. The smaller pieces yielded in cleaning the bone are packaged and used to season steamed cabbage, to season green beans along with diced onion and fresh mushrooms, Some of the smaller pieces also go well chopped coarsely in the food processor for ham salad. The bone is saved to cook along with some of the leftover ham in a bean or split pea soup. I dice some of the small pieces and portion them out into 1 cup portions and freeze them in sandwich bags. I place several bags into a freezer bag so I can easily remove and thaw one or more bags as needed to season dishes.
There are few meat or poultry items that yield as many meal opportunities as a good bone-in ham portion. Only a turkey comes close to having as many options for the use of the left overs.
I have always struggled to properly carve or debone a ham. Shank portion hams come on sale here often and we always have at least one in the freezer. I recently bought two of them for 99 cents a pound.
There is a whole series of videos that can be linked showing how to carve either a bone in shank portion or butt portion ham. There is also a couple of videos showing how to completely debone the ham. We eat quite a bit of ham. A six or seven pound ham yields several meals for us. We have the roasted ham and then the left overs are packaged for use later. Some is sliced thin for sandwiches, and to serve with eggs at breakfast. The smaller pieces yielded in cleaning the bone are packaged and used to season steamed cabbage, to season green beans along with diced onion and fresh mushrooms, Some of the smaller pieces also go well chopped coarsely in the food processor for ham salad. The bone is saved to cook along with some of the leftover ham in a bean or split pea soup. I dice some of the small pieces and portion them out into 1 cup portions and freeze them in sandwich bags. I place several bags into a freezer bag so I can easily remove and thaw one or more bags as needed to season dishes.
There are few meat or poultry items that yield as many meal opportunities as a good bone-in ham portion. Only a turkey comes close to having as many options for the use of the left overs.
