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...

Justdoit I agree. Definitely the turkey as previously posted 🦃 Other meat is pinker too

The one with mesh looks to be turkey, it's the right shape imo.

The string one is definitely the ham, mesh is turkey. The ham is a lot darker pink.

I have to say my first thought was turkey in red mesh but I'd be able to tell if you post pics of them both cooked I think. Ham will be very pink whereas turkey will be white like chicken breast when cooked. Can you post pics of slithers fried? definitely not laughing at the thought of turkey cooked in coke

Mine came from the butchers, ham was vacuum packed the turkey had string.

Sorry I meant Turkey had mesh.

I am no help at all.

Mesh is turkey. String is ham? Surely?

Think of it this way...the turkey has been boned and rolled so needs mesh to hold it together. The ham doesn’t need as much support. .

Mesh is definitely turkey I work in a butchers

Oh I'm sorry, I clicked on this thread ready to laugh at you for being so silly not to be able to tell them apart and I cannot tell which is which at all

I wonder what Turkey tastes like cooked in coke....

I think the mesh is turkey.

Put the one you think is ham in the sc with nothing, after an hour or so it will start to smell and fat will run off, at this point if it is ham add the coke if it isn't either leave in the sc or transfer to the oven and cook as normal, if it is cooked early let it rest, it can be warmed up later to serve with the veg.

I think the mesh is turkey but the fact the butcher says otherwise is a problem 😆. I also came here thinking what an idiot and am eating my words.. sorry for that OP

Also yes you can get ham with no fat, the gammon joints I buy are fat free

My turkey came wrapped in skin !

The first one with a lump of fat, that looks vacuum packed to me, is ham. The second one in a mesh of some sort - is turkey.
Turkey doesn't have fat really.

I also think the mesh is turkey. There is a lump of fat on the one with string. There is also a lot of marbling in the joint with the string, which i wouldn’t have expected to see in bird meat.

Two photos of turkey. First you see the white fascial tissue (membrane) similar to the meshed joint. The second you see photos of turkey breasts. Colour very similar to yours.

Maybe turkey in coke tastes amazing? 🤷‍♀️😂

Mesh is turkey and string is ham by the look of the meat structure.

You are all wonderful. I'm going to open them up a bit more this morning to let them get to room temp, will take another couple of pics! Been dreaming of meat all night !

When you get the plastic off, it should be clearer.

Turkey crown has skin like a chicken but coarser- dimply, but without rind. The skin shifts around as you move/press it.
Ham/gammon has thick skin like rind- it's hard to cut through it, ne3ds a super sharp knife to score it.

I’m more excited about this thread than I am about Xmas presents! 😁

Exhibit A - string...

Exhibit B - mesh

A must be ham? I think?!