11-18-2013, 04:21 AM
Interesting approach to supermarket ham, Eustace; we just baked a budget spiral-cut ham from Stop and Shop, and if you bake it long enough and slowly enough, it's not too bad.
But next maybe we'll try the apple juice. I will avoid anything that looks or smells like a clove, of course. I do like mustard on ham (and apples with it); any old mustard will do; we've got Grey Poupon in the 'fridge.
I think my aversion to cloves stems from young adventures in the dentist's chair. In those days clove oil was used as a pain killer. I expect it worked by numbing the nerves with its nasty emanations.
Now if you want real ham, head down to southern Virginia or North Carolina and have a slice of genuine country ham, the kind that comes in a tight cloth sack, along with biscuits and gravy for breakfast. Most northerners find it way too salty; like bitter beer, it's an acquired taste.
/Mr Lynn
But next maybe we'll try the apple juice. I will avoid anything that looks or smells like a clove, of course. I do like mustard on ham (and apples with it); any old mustard will do; we've got Grey Poupon in the 'fridge.
I think my aversion to cloves stems from young adventures in the dentist's chair. In those days clove oil was used as a pain killer. I expect it worked by numbing the nerves with its nasty emanations.
Now if you want real ham, head down to southern Virginia or North Carolina and have a slice of genuine country ham, the kind that comes in a tight cloth sack, along with biscuits and gravy for breakfast. Most northerners find it way too salty; like bitter beer, it's an acquired taste.
/Mr Lynn