Ive been given a jamon. How shall I cut it?

[Lunificent]

Madresnetters and anyone else with experience of whole jamones, how should I cut it? Pic attached.
It’s not on the bone. I don’t gave a stand for it.

Have not gave.

Really sharp knife and sort of shave thin slices from the cut end. On that one I'd go from middle to each end. Yum! Great gift!

No advice. Just incredibly envious!

I had to google what a Jamon was as had never heard of it. Carve with a long sharp knife in straight strips - there are tutorials online but sorry I don't know how to link on the app.

No advice, but I’m now thinking about an episode of Two Doors Down

Hire a meat slicer ?

Thanks all. There are only 2 of us in the house who will eat it so we’ll have to eat it every night for weeks!
I wonder how long it’ll last once it’s open?

What a random thing to just give somebody (unless there's context OP hasn't mentioned)

I need people like that in my life

You can slice and freeze it too.... add to pasta sauces , risottos etc

@Lunificent

Thanks all. There are only 2 of us in the house who will eat it so we’ll have to eat it every night for weeks! I wonder how long it’ll last once it’s open?

Ages. As long as it's not cut. Once it's sliced it will go off quicker as obvs slices have more "surface" to attract external things to make it go off (air/damp etc)

@MadisonAvenue

No advice, but I’m now thinking about an episode of Two Doors Down

Me too. 😂😂

Slice finely . I would get a vaccum packed thngy as you can slice and then keep for weeks if its vaccum packed ..Or give away. I tend to buy 150g at a time for 4 of us to eat with melon or in sarnis.. It will take you ages to get through that !

I'd hold it upside down and slice it dramatically using a sword #nothelpful

Am I the only one you thinks '... you know it...huh!' On hearing the word jamon?

We froze some of ours. But cutting it up was an effort. Needed a chainsaw

We spend weeks eating ours at Xmas. We do have a pantry with a wooden window (so not sealed and v drafty but with mouse guard wire netting across the front) so it is much cooler than the kitchen. We just keep a teatowel over the top and shave a bit off each day.