By request, The Annual Christmas Ritual of Cursing the Gammon!

Well here's a curse for thinking I could get the smaller of the two hams into my large slow cooker!! B**@@!!! **s! Oven then! Onward and upward....

merlot How dumb am I. I always make stew with turkey carcas and any thing to hand. I've never kept stock from ham for this.
Would it keep in the fridge for few days ?

DH says that it was the smallest the butcher had in the shop

have tried the coca cola, the treacle, the ham and mustard studded with cloves, simmering, part simmering/baking or just baking in foil over the years. Got told off one year by MIL for putting an onion, a carrot, bay leaves and peppercorns in the simmering water.

It won't fit in the slow cooker (even though he says it was the smallest in the shop!!)

ooh, apple juice, I could try that this year

Meanwhile it's still in the fridge and I'm going out.

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I wanted gammon from a local farm but they were all small. I've only got 2 adults and 2 small children to eat it (several vegetarians) so decided to just get the 2kg one. It looks pathetic. Should I get another tomorrow?

Ham stock will be lovely for lentil or split pea soup in January AND feel suitably frugal!

I have to admit to buying a ready cooked and glazed one from that nice Mr Waitrose in an attack of panic and self-doubt.

Oh daphne, how could you . Now you have to go without the trauma excitement of cooking it. You will miss out on the cursing and the washing up the thrill of home cooking and the complaints praise from the family. Really how lazy!
#boughtminefromwaitrosetoo

Another Slo cooker here just removed from freezer to cook tomorrow.....

Well the gammon fitted the pan nicely and the lid fitted too. Left it to simmer while I wrapped the last presents and it was quite a long time before I noticed the timer had stopped! Still it didn't seem over done and nobody will notice tomorrow will they?

Always do mine in slow cooker (with cola or ginger beer) & finish off in oven with a glaze of honey mustard & brown sugar...very easy & no cursing

Ha ha, great post, Phoenix. We're going out for lunch with friends on Christmas Day and again on Boxing Day. Yippee!

The slow cooker method sounds good to me. Must try it. Gammon is good anytime, isn't it?

I blame Emma Thompson in Saving Mr. Banks yesterday evening. I was so absorbed I didn't hear the pinger I had set with twenty minutes to go. Never mind, it was only one hour overcooked. It will fall apart nicely.

Mine is boiled (in Coke, as per Nigella), glazed with quince paste, cooled, and in the fridge Tastes fab, we stole some.
Now I need to clean the roasting tin... curses...

It's my first year doing gammon, I was going to boil it but now I'm thinking my slow cooker and finishing off on the oven? How long is long enough for the slow cooker?

I was thinking cooking it in pear cider, bay leaves, cloves and an orange, then roast in honey, mustard and orange juice.

Merlotgran
Don't throw it away. When it is cold it should be jellylike. I spoon mine into polybags, seal very tightly and it is amazing how you can fit the bags into corners in the freezers as they are still pliable. Think of all that pea and ham soup you will enjoy when the bad weather sets in!

Don't pour the cooking water down the sink...makes fab soup for Boxing Day.

The only problem you will have if it is overcooked is that it will be practically impossible to carve!

I always do mine in the slow cooker - I don't worry about timing it. I like doing the glazing bit, tho' that's the real fun! One year I made an emergency glaze with a mixture of apricot jam and Worcester sauce. It was so good that I always use that now instead of the honey and mustard. I put that on the sausages!

I put my brussells on to boil last night; they should be just the right consistency by tomorrow.

Happy and peaceful Christmas to all. xx

Mine is still in the fridge being ignored.

I may put it in the slow cooker in a bit - how long?

I always do a turkey and a gammon. I am so grateful to do the gammon because it cooks on the hob and so does not take up any valuable room in the oven. I do get a bit miffed when the DS's seem to enjoy it more than the turkey which takes so much more faffing about; with sausage meat and stuffing and baconing it up as well. So I don't curse the gammon!

I am reminded of the story of the woman who always cut a slice of the ham before cooking, thinking it was essential to flavour etc. Her mother had always done so. Her D and DGD did likewise, until it transpired that originator had cut the bit off because it was too big for the pan. Merry, merry to all.

Already started eating ours!