food safety

I wonder whether Monica means something different by a ham hock than some others do?

Callistemon21

^My lentil soups are always unique... never the same twice^

Sounds like my cakes. I blame the oven. 🎂

This one is delicious. I'm having some for lunch soon.

I can’t imagine the meat from a ham hock making four lunches. Or perhaps we’re greedy.

My lentil soups are always unique... never the same twice

Sounds like my cakes. I blame the oven. 🎂

I brought a doggie box home so DH had some for his supper.

We had ham hock tonight. I can't imagine how MOnica gets two meals out of one, we get one with a bit left over for sandwiches or perhaps a risotto.

The lentils are in the cooking liquid now, plus some left over potato and left over mustard sauce. My lentil soups are always unique... never the same twice...

Ham hock for us tomorrow, just defrosting it now.

Callistemon21 When I get a ham hock, I use it as a Sunday joint for 2 and it usually is enough for 2 Sundays, plus stock for soup.

M0nica

I think the whole thing is probably inconsistent. I had forgotten about ham hocks. I grew up with ham being cooked and gammon raw. Ham hocks probably went to meat processors.

I ordered one for lunch today - it was like facing a joint on my plate 😁
I've learnt my lesson

HousePlantQueen

Blondiescot

Oh here we go...

Just be quiet and eat your turnips, cooked from scratch of course. Just boiled, no added processed butter

Oh I do love my neeps (preferably with tatties and haggis - freshly caught in the wild, of course!)

Blondiescot

Oh here we go...

Just be quiet and eat your turnips, cooked from scratch of course. Just boiled, no added processed butter

My husband loves ham hocks. Are you looking down on them MOnica? In fact we had ham hock terrine for lunch. Delicious.

Do you grind your own flour Ailidh? Do you eat butter and cheese? I suppose even frozen veg, so full of nutrients, have been processed.

Oh here we go...

I don’t eat processed food, the less a product has been handled the better, people should get back to basic and seasonal.

I think the whole thing is probably inconsistent. I had forgotten about ham hocks. I grew up with ham being cooked and gammon raw. Ham hocks probably went to meat processors.

Callistemon21

Norah

M0nica

Ham is processed and cured prior to being sold. You do not buy legs of pork and process themselves into ham yourself.

Sandwich making companies buy all the constituent parts and just amalgamate them. They buy their butter and margarine in as well as falafels and fake meat products. They do not make them themselves. A meat processing factory might well have a unit that cooks and processes meat to sell on as prepacks to supermarkets and to the trade.

I thought gammon was processed? When we ate meat I had to cook it at home as it was still raw just brined. Perhaps I misunderstood.

IDK what a sandwich making company is, but sounds as if others are touching the food that people prepare, interesting.

I'm confused too.

You can purchase a ham hock and it then needs cooking.

Indeed. However, viewed by some to not understand that is "morally superior". Watch out the monitor will have a word with you.

Norah

M0nica

Ham is processed and cured prior to being sold. You do not buy legs of pork and process themselves into ham yourself.

Sandwich making companies buy all the constituent parts and just amalgamate them. They buy their butter and margarine in as well as falafels and fake meat products. They do not make them themselves. A meat processing factory might well have a unit that cooks and processes meat to sell on as prepacks to supermarkets and to the trade.

I thought gammon was processed? When we ate meat I had to cook it at home as it was still raw just brined. Perhaps I misunderstood.

IDK what a sandwich making company is, but sounds as if others are touching the food that people prepare, interesting.

I'm confused too.

You can purchase a ham hock and it then needs cooking.

HousePlantQueen

*refers to a meat factory in Offaly.* only me who tittered at the place name?

No, ! had a little giggle too!

Entirely unrelated, but, at school, we had a resident nurse, and a visiting doctor and dentist.
The dentist - who used to administer the gas for tooth extractions in the school surgery, had the unfortunate name of "Croaker". It still amuses me to this day.

I love it when place names and people's names 'relate' to what they do, or the trade they ply. Very Dickensian.

refers to a meat factory in Offaly. only me who tittered at the place name?

I don’t look round shops either. I know what I want to buy, having planned the week’s meals, and don’t waste time browsing.

M0nica

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How dare you?

What in the world is morally superior about jambon knowledge?

I'm surely not morally superior if I ask a question because I don't know something. Actually, that's me educating myself.

As to looking round a shop - I'd rather not waste time. Shops don't amuse me in the least, nor does inspecting goods on display.

What a nasty comment MOnica. There is nothing‘morally superior’ in Norah’s posts. She doesn’t eat meat and doesn’t buy pre-packaged sandwiches. What’s your problem with that? Sounds very healthy to me.

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No. If I thought so, I wouldn’t buy it or prepare it…