I have a ham and a turkey crown/breast and i don't know which is which, can anyone help?

[Missanneshirley]

As above! Please can anyone help before i do nigella's coke ham with my turkey?!
Both delivered from butcher. One has string round it, one has red mesh stuff. Both look the same colour to me!! I will attempt to add pics...

Oh now I've seen the pictures I'm really not sure! my ham has always been wrapped in mesh, i assume to hold it together. And is currently bubbling away in coke in slow cooker, at least, i hope it's ham!

I feel really bad.
I clicked on the thread thinking it must be an idiot who can't tell the difference, and actually I'm not sure either!

I was on Team mesh = ham up until I saw the comments
OP ignore me for sure

I'm glad it's not just me!

Now i will drip feed - i called the butcher and they said red mesh was ham. That completely contradicts taste test!!!!!

I have literally no clue
Oh fuck

This made me chuckle, sorry op! Mesh is ham the other one is turkey. Have a fab day tomorrow!

First pic is ham (flat meat) the second with red mesh is turkey. We've got a turkey crown from a butchers and it's identically wrapped in mesh. Gammon will be salty tasting too.

Where is the skin on the crown?.
I cooked a ham earlier and it had the red mesh.

Thank you!
Inwood why do you say so? I'm looking for a solid reason so i can relax about it!

Oh missed these other posts sorry. Skin on suspected crown seemed sort of inside- it seems rolled up which was the other reason i thought it was turkey?

I think the red mesh is ham. It looks the same shape as the cooked ham joints we get in at work.

Well I’d believe the butcher...plus that makes me right! 😁

Honestly don’t know but I’m enjoying your slightly lighthearted yet also kind of urgent Christmas problem

Why don’t you toast them both then it won’t matter!

Roast I mean!

I'm laughing now, but I'll be wailing at 8am wondering if I'm boiling the turkey in coke!

Eek I've never roasted a ham in my life!

Would a gammon joint always have a fatty outside layer/skin? Cos the mesh item does and the string item doesn't

Wrap it in foil and roast like a joint. 20
Mins per lb I think.

Smell them?

Thank you,that might be my last resort tmrw

Cooked gammon joints at work always have a layer of fat on the outside of them.

Pink or beige ?

The one on the right is definitely the turkey, you can tell by the shape of them.

Oh god op. This could potentially be disastrous but look on the bright side you’ll laugh for years to come at the Christmas you cooked the turkey in coke

Just grope it and feel for the bones.

There wouldn't be bones would there?? Turkey breast?