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Fucking ham hock.

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winnybella · 09/02/2011 17:55

Decided to make it today as I've read on here that it's supposed to be a very good, cheaper cut Hmm

Did old Independent recipe where you simmer it for 3 hrs and then do honey&mustard glaze and roast for 50 min.

It's HORRIBLE. Fat, gristle and a bit of hard meat.

There's nothing else in the house. DP and I will be ok as I'll make garlic&chilli spaghetti, but it'll be too spicy for DD, so she'll have pasta and butter Hmm

Angry
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sethstarkaddersmackerel · 09/02/2011 17:56

what a pity. do you think it actually needed 5 hours instead of 3?

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winnybella · 09/02/2011 18:00

Seriously? 5 hours????

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sethstarkaddersmackerel · 09/02/2011 18:08

if it's hard I would suspect it hasn't been cooked for long enough and there definitely are cheap cuts that I have had to cook for 5 hours +. Maybe it was a very old pig! Normally with cheap cuts you cook them till the meat falls off the bone and by that time the fat and sinew have mostly dissolved, so if that hasn't happened I would suspect it needed longer.

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winnybella · 09/02/2011 18:27

Makes sense.

Maybe DP will it anyway Hmm

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Slubber · 09/02/2011 18:54

sorry but am finding hard not to laugh at your thread title winny.

I can feel your rage and disappointment coming through in waves.

damn you hard ham hock.

sethstarkaddersmackerel · 09/02/2011 19:22

I agree, it is superb. It captures so much about life. Like a tiny poem, almost.

the ham hock may not have been a success but the thread title is terrific Grin

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winnybella · 09/02/2011 19:22

will it anyway? will eat it, obv.

Grin @ Slubber. Indeed, indeed.

Wine is all I want now.

And breathe.

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winnybella · 09/02/2011 19:24

x-post

Thank you, thank you

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sethstarkaddersmackerel · 09/02/2011 19:26

so not only have you wasted three hours of gas/electricity on it, you will now need extra wine.
these cheap cuts are a false economy. Never happens with fillet steak.

Katisha · 09/02/2011 19:26

I came on to congratulate you on the thread title but I see I am not the first!

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winnybella · 09/02/2011 19:30

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No need to rub it in, seth.

And don't talk to me about fillet steak...mmmmm....rare, with peppercorn sauce...

Instead I have gristle. And fat.

Angry
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sethstarkaddersmackerel · 09/02/2011 19:37

sorry. have some more Wine

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winnybella · 09/02/2011 19:39

gulp gulp gulp

And DD refuses to go to sleep...

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Hulababy · 09/02/2011 19:42

I bought Heston's ham hock from Waitrose for DH and 8y DD a week or so ago. It is precooked, apparently to perfection. Neither of them liked it, said it was too fatty.

DamselInDisguise · 09/02/2011 20:06

I find it's best to cook until you can pull the small bone out, and then make lentil soup or stew with the stock. It usually takes about 3 hours You can let the meat rest for a bit, pull off the skin and fat and chuck the shredded meat in at the end. Lovely.

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winnybella · 09/02/2011 20:24

See, I knew about this famous small bone but couldn't find it!It did simmer for 3 hours, though.

Yes, lentil soup. I didn't even mention it, because I was abit Blush. I made a lentil soup with the stock, but didn't have enough lentils. Thought they would swell. They didn't. I removed some of the stock (but not enough) and whizzed the soup a bit. It was very watery.It got chucked. I make lentil soup quite often, though. Just wasn't my day.

So then my only option was too make pasta and I overcooked it Sad

I am a decent cook. Usually.

DP ate some of the ham hock and put the rest away for later.

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winnybella · 09/02/2011 20:25

a bit, not abit
to make pasta, not too

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spanky2 · 09/02/2011 20:26

I've used the water the ham hock was boiled in to make pea and ham soup and threw the hock away. I used soaked dried peas and stock cubes and veg it was yummy.

GetOrfMoiLand · 09/02/2011 20:43

Lol at the thread title.

Reminds me of the much trumpeted South Beach Black Bean soup from Nigella which I made years ago (for which I used the coke stock I cooked a ham in).

It was so revolting it made me cry.

NOTHING more disappointing than spending hours cooking something vile.

WorzselMummage · 09/02/2011 20:45

I had a ham hock at the weekended in a pub, it was spectacularly gorgeous, HUGE too!

DirtyMartini · 09/02/2011 20:48

(discreet at coke stock - Nigella has a lot to answer for)

I sympathise, it is indeed a massive let-down when something you've spent energy and time on is inedible.

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