I want to start cooking my own ham to make Nice Ham for sandwiches

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If you do this, what is your weekly schedule i.e. what day do you cook it on?

And how do you slice it thin enough?

How do you eke it out and not gobble it all up?

Nice Ham would be a good topic for a webchat

Some sort of waitrose Pig Expert

It would be interesting both about the cooking / slicing / freezing and animal welfare side of things

You could go the whole hog [arf] and slaughter your own pig too.

Well haven't you all got a lovely
gm free, outdoor reared, organic, drug free, free range, rspca approved rare breed piggy out in your field ready to be sliced !

I MADE NICE HAM!!!!!! And it was amazing!!! I am now a total, total convert and will never buy the pre-packed stuff again. It was so easy! I had a piece which was 1.1 kg, and I boiled it for an hour or so as per packet instructions then roasted it for an hour. I also made a glaze from mixing mustard and honey together and DH pronounced it the nicest thing he had ever eaten. [smug domestic goddess]

I just googled "gammon joint to make own ham" and mumsnet was the second thing to come up

Noisy - I have one issue with your ham for dummies instructions.

You forgot "Take out of plastic before cooking"

Put a gammon joint in a casserole dish and add a large tin of pineapple rings(in natural juice).Add water to bring the level up to 1/2 way up meat) I put 1 pineapple ring on top the gammon and the rest i break up so they lie flat around meat.

Note: The smaller the casserole dish the better...as if too big you need to add more water to get the level right... i have slow cooked it in just juice overnight- and it had fallen apart when i checked it in the morning!!!!)

I personally am very wasteful....and throw away most of the pineapple when cooked...the top ring is lovely...the rest too salty!
(but i buy the cheapest value tin of pineapple ...you don't have to by the luxury ones!)

should it be smoked hamor normal ham? which is better?

Wow this is exciting

I have not yet tried out my Ham Plans but I am very keen to do so

i prefer the unsmoked.....

served still warm with buttered new potatoes and salad

yummmmmmmmm!

sphil - I really want to know the answer to your question too! We eat a lot of ham and I'm always debating which type to get. Is ham cut off the bone at the deli counter as good as this home made stuff - I'm presuming its better than pre packaged stuff. Please does anyone know???

@ Wallace

Oops!

An addition to Nice Ham For Dummies:

Once you have mastered the art of cooking the ham, you could go further. Yes.

Mix two big spoons of honey with two big spoons of wholegrain mustard.

Slather over ham.

Place in belting hot oven for 10 mins. (On a tin-foiled tray or you'll never get it off your tray.)

Bingo! Honey and Mustard NICE Ham.

This thread inspired me and I have cooked a yummy ham this week with honey poured over it for last 20 mins - just delish!

Does everyone on here boil it first to get rid of the saltiness?