Turkey Christmas Dinner and all the trimmings.

[Esther Knapicius]

Perfect for Christmas Day.

 

[Upsy Daisy]

Looks..........well........ .......words fail me

 

[Silentrunning]

Perfect for Christmas Day. View attachment 30136

Esther, I'll try that just as soon as I finish my Hagus. Urp!

 

[alp]

Do the British people not like ham? Not one person has mentioned ham for a holiday dinner. Ham makes a delicious main course and is much less fussy to prepare than turkey. In our house ham is often the meal of choice for a holiday.

We always had ham for lunch whenever we went to the in-laws. Now, I made my ex hot meal, usually chicken, sometimes, salmon. I have tried preparing ham, but must say I've found it too salty. Do you have a method to get rid of the saltiness please?

I think the major problem is that the ham is always very thick, and so even boiling it in water for half a day doesn't really remove the saltiness.

 

[alp]

Perfect for Christmas Day. View attachment 30136

 

[Logan]

We always had ham for lunch whenever we went to the in-laws. Now, I made my ex hot meal, usually chicken, sometimes, salmon. I have tried preparing ham, but must say I've found it too salty. Do you have a method to get rid of the saltiness please?

I think the major problem is that the ham is always very thick, and so even boiling it in water for half a day doesn't really remove the saltiness.

Just asked hubby,his mom used to soak it, there would be a scum of salt on the top of the water. Remove that and keep soaking for 2 days. Then change the water when boiling. She used to use her pressure cooker to cook it. Doesn't take so long.

 

[alp]

I see. 2 days. I boiled it for half a day and changed the water twice. That's what it said on the instructions. No wonder people don't like it. I haven't got a pressure cooker. I don't like the idea. Call stupid. I used it before but I am so scared of explosion. Thank you, my domestic goddess!

 

[MaryMary]

If a person used sage sausage you could chop up old tennis shoes and put in the stuffing and it would taste good.

My house, dinner will be at 4 pm.

without blowing your own trumpet

In the UK it's a trumpet?? We say "your own horn."

I always feel sad at time year not only for the poor Turkeys but also for all the trees that are lopped down , just to brighten up our homes for a couple of weeks

To be fair, if the people are in the business of selling trees, they'd better plant more every year to replace the ones they chopped. But, I think it would be a nicer world if everyone who buys one instead spent the money to plant one!

Do you have a method to get rid of the saltiness please?

Yes!! Sugar cured ham.

Perfect for Christmas Day.

Reminds me of Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory - when Veruca Salt ate the Thanksgiving Dinner gum and turned into a blueberry!

 

[Silentrunning]

@MaryMary, you are right about sugar cured ham. Excellent. I have smoked a couple of pork butts minus the curing and they turned out great.

 

[Logan]

I see. 2 days. I boiled it for half a day and changed the water twice. That's what it said on the instructions. No wonder people don't like it. I haven't got a pressure cooker. I don't like the idea. Call stupid. I used it before but I am so scared of explosion. Thank you, my domestic goddess!

That's ok, that's what I'm here for.
You don't really need a pressure cooker. It just takes longer.

 

[alp]

How do you use sugar to cure the ham of saltiness? I did use tons of demarrera sugar in a solution when roasting the joint, but the ham was still quite salty..

 

[alp]

@MaryMary, you are right about sugar cured ham. Excellent. I have smoked a couple of pork butts minus the curing and they turned out great.

Do you have a special shed or cubicle for the smoking? I am forever intrigued by the process. The nearest thing I have come close to smoking was to smoke some protea seeds over a fire and after I smelt like a smoked walking entity and only one seed sprouted. I think I wasn't brutal enough with the other seeds... I was quite scared when tons of creepy crawlies moved around on the top of the garage ceiling which wasn't in the best state of health.. Only a small fire, but that was some crazy length I went to for my love of flowers and I was scared still for fear of the fire spreading ..

 

[Logan]

How do you use sugar to cure the ham of saltiness? I did use tons of demarrera sugar in a solution when roasting the joint, but the ham was still quite salty..

You won't get rid of the saltyness by putting sugar on it. You'll have to soak it like i said yesterday.
You can put honey on it afterwards.

 

[alp]

I will try it when I get hold of a joint next time.

 

[Upsy Daisy]

@alp!!! what are you like!!....... nearly setting fire to your garage!!
No-one can say that you don't give things a go?