Supermarket Ham

[UniqueSiren]

Because of processed meat being classified a carcinogen, I am only just learning about what they do to it.

AIBU to have been in the dark for so long? Why is it cheaper to mess with something, presumably using machinery and extra workers than it is to just sell actual sliced ham?

I am on Ocado as we speak and I am unable to find ham that is not 'formed'. Actually unable to find any, it's all been messed with in some way. Even the organic ham I've looked at is still mauled and squished. Ew.

I need to buy it for my autistic DS and don't drive so order my shopping online mostly. What can I do? What should I buy???

7even "The first result on Ocado (honey roast Wilstshire ham) is not "mauled" or "squished" or had anything else done to it."

I got excited but all that Wiltshire stuff says it is 'formed'

Just bought a cooked honey roast ham joint from my local supermarket. They cook them on the premises. I buy the small ones and they work out cheaper than the packets of expensive sliced ham. They also do large joints which they will cut slices of for you

Question is op, did you make soup?

Our butcher cures their own ham, no sulphites in it.

I can never understand why manufacturers put milk products into processed meats, ham, chicken and turkey especially, check labels for milk, cream, casein, lactose and whey.

DD's allergic to sulphites and cows milk so I buy fresh meat from our butcher and cook it at home.

Ok. If the squishing & mauling of the meat (and the tiny needles injecting chemicals and water) doesn't constitute 'processing' then I don't understand what 'processed meat' is either.

No, you've misunderstood what that pp said. It's not the preforming from different animals that makes it a carcinogen, it's the curing of the meat in the first place that does. So, a proper joint of ham is just as likely as a preformed meat ham to cause cancer.
It depends on what preservatives are used in the curing process.

If you buy a gammon joint and cook it at home, it can be sliced and wrapped in foil in single serving portions, then put in a freezer bag or plastic tub, and frozen. It keeps well.

If it didn't taste very nice, maybe it was the way you cooked it? Did you just boil it? We use Nigella's Spicy Aromatic Ham recipe. It's cooked in red wine as well as water, along with vegetables and spices for flavour. When it's finished boiling, the skin is removed and the joint coated in redcurrant jelly, then cooked again, but in the oven.
My husband loves it (I don't eat meat, so can't comment).

You can also cook gammon in cider, fruit juice, or cola as the liquid.

Which supermarket celticrose? Sounds good.

No soup. I can't cook. Didn't even occur to me to make soup.

ObscuredbyFog It's weird and completely off-putting too

Unique siren it is an independent supermarket with their own deli