Phoenix's Gammon Curse

I have this in my head when I cook 4 gammons on Christmas Eve Eve (23/12) every year ???

I cannot cook a gammon without thinking of Phoenix

I've just realised that I gave away my very large French marmite cooking pot and may have to cut the gammon into two pieces this year!

It is far to early for Christmas recipes!!!!

Never too early for gammon, though!

Oh Phoenix was spot on with her description of cooking the blummin' thing! Every year I seem to get in a pickle- last year (on Christmas day) I cooked mine and all was fine, until I lifted the damn thing out of the pan, it promptly fell back in the pan, and the greasy cooking liquid shot up and out of the pan, covering me (in my lovely little black Christmas dress) and the hob and kitchen floor with the whole contents of the pan. The kitchen floor was like a skating rink and my dress a write-off! I really should just buy a read-cooked gammon, but now feel I have to honour Rachel's memory and struggle on cooking one each year!

What a lovely tribute to Phoenix. Such a brave lady

Dear Phoenix how can it be a year already ? She left us the legacy of the story of the gammon ?

It doesn’t matter how many times you read it, it’s still funny ?

Apologies in advance to any vegans who may wish to follow this thread, I would not wish to exclude you.

It is perfectly possible to curse a vegan plant-based meat free gammon.

Although why anyone wants to name vegan products after meat has always puzzled me somewhat. Or even to make them resemble meat in any shape or form.
Vegan sherry is also available from many retailers.

A very fitting tribute to Phoenix today. Still makes me smile.

It’s good to laugh even at times like Remembrance.
Phoenix will be grinning that we are reading this in August. ?

Thank you, Callistemon21. It doesn't seem like a year since Phoenix died. Her posts were always good to read.

Lets raise a glass of (Vegan or not) sherry to Phoenix and all those ladies who struggle with a Christmas gammon.

A whole year has passed. I find that hard to believe.
Gammon cooking instructions are great! Thanks for posting. I'm a vegetarian but usually cook meat at Christmas so her description is most apt. a cautionary tale

Cheers ?

Omg! Is this a… clique?!

Oh no, hang on, it’s just some women remembering their much loved mate

I miss Phoenix's humour. If you saw her name on an OP you knew you were going to have a good laugh.

Callistemon21 wrote Although why anyone wants to name vegan products after meat has always puzzled me somewhat. Or even to make them resemble meat in any shape or form.

It puzzled me too. As an ethical vegan (that is, a vegan for belief reasons rather than a person who has a vegan diet for some other reason) I don't want anything to do with m-word stuff.

Apparently some vegans are in favour of it though as they say that it encourages people who presently eat m-word to try a vegan alternative, hoping that they may gradually become a vegan.

So, two different views from vegans on the same question.

I have just come onto GN to see what’s happening while my piece of gammon comes up to the boil. Who would believe it? It’s only a little one, for the two of us for a couple of days - don’t worry that I have started Christmas already. ?

I've still got a Christmas pud

Sausages and patties (burgers) are just the most convenient shape to form any food stuff into.
Or you can cover it in a pastry, or top it with mash.
I don’t fancy my food shaped in the form of a square based pyramid or a double helix.

I hope some of the individuals commenting on the other thread about Phoenix read this and ‘get it’. RIP