Gammon cooked on Christmas Eve WWYD?

[rara67]

It's been refrigerated but I meant to freeze it a Couple of days ago? Is it too late? The use by date was 9 January but I don't known if that is relevant now that it's been cooked.

[piebald]

I am still eating ham cooked on xmas day, its lovely

[coolaschmoola]

Reality - the gammon that you cook has been cured, with salt. You can so this at home, yourself without any other preservatives. The whole reason gammon and ham exist at all is because curing was a way to preserve meat, in the home, loooong before refrigeration or chemical preservatives.

[Lunaballoon]

I absolutely detest food waste. Unless it smelt iffy, it would have been fine!

[rara67]

Thanks all. It's going in the bin!

[Reality16]

Hams that are kept for months are kept in preservatives. A bit of gammon that you cook at home is not.

Bin it.

[coolaschmoola]

We finished ours off on the 30th, it was fine.

Ham is cured so it has a longer life than average leftovers. As long as it still smells good and isn't in ANY way slimy, it will be fine.

Hams are kept for months - that's the point!

[insancerre]

3 days is the safe limit to keep leftovers
I would bin it
The use by date is no longer relevant now it's cooked

[Maverickismywingman]

It was cooked ages ago! I'd bin.

[WatchingFromTheWings]

If it was cooked Christmas Eve that was 8 days ago. Fridge or not, I'd bin it!