/ck/ - Food & Cooking

Ham is massively overtated

>>18739039
I would choose ham over turkey any day, week, month of the year. It's tastier, easier to cook, is cheaper, and has more cooking methods. Turkey is a laborious pain in the ass for little ultimate reward.

>>18739036
I do this as well, but you forgot something

>>18739039
Actually: ham is usually a scam. Most of the cheap ones aren't actually smoked. They are just injected with chemical slop to make it taste like smoke (for those who can taste it). Usually loaded with water weight to cut corners.

The fancier ones also tend to skimp on the smoking part as well, I always have to "double-smoke" the hams to make them taste properly smoked. This applies to the big ones as well as most deli cuts.

But, when properly smoked, ham is fantastic. Tender, flavorful, good browning on the crust. Simply fantastic. But you have to re-smoke the shit they sell you to fix it.

>>18739044
Nah senpai, both are super easy if you smoke em. Actually turkey can be even easier. Ham you have to cut the skin off and trim excess fat to smoke (and spiral cut is a pain to smoke), the turkey can just get dropped in after removing the packets. Comes out with brown skin and perfectly juicy breasts with picture perfect legs.

>>18739039
>>18739036
>>18739044
I kinda wish ham was served with a gravy more though.

>>18739132
Make some fucking gravy then? Takes maybe ten minutes.

>>18739036
Seems as if you forgot the macaroni & cheese you fucking savage
>>18739132
>>18739138
Your moms got all my gravy if you know what I mean

>>18739144
I don't. Please elaborate.

>>18739146
Ask your mom, she'll elaborate plenty for you

>>18739155
She's not here right now. You are. Go on.

>>18739138
my grandfather’s gf does not condon additional help in the kitchen and brokers no advice (her ham is also dry and her vegetables are mediocre as well).

I was more referring to it as a generally accepted thing.

>>18739158
Oh. Sounds like you need to kill her in her sleep and encourage your gramps to find someone more capable.

>>18739160
That sounds kinky and might even illegal in some states except maybe West Virginia

>>18739036
Ham is for Easter.

>>18739162
came off a little too strong there.

>>18739036
>green bean casserole
FOH

fish dinner, lamb, and pasta. perfect christmas dnner.

>>18739044
I like ham but it's more of a hassle than turkey because of the different muscles, pieces of inedible fat and tendon/ligament connective tissue. Cold turkey is much easier to eat, you can just slice and eat every bit without a problem.
If you got a boneless ham you can just carve a circle then individually cut out the parts to avoid the shit you can't eat. It's good in an air fryer. 8 to 10 minutes at 200c and it's crispy without being burned, if it's thin enough that cooks it through

>>18739036
I go for the fruit salad with lil marshmallows

>>18739119
this anon speaks the truth. heed his word or eat sludge.

>>18739036
I eat ham almost every week. If somebody tried to present ham as the main feature of christmas lunch/dinner I would literally laugh at him. You have to serve something a little bit special.

>>18739036
>Green bean casserole for both
I will shoot you dead if you show up at my house with this.

>>18739039
Got my game from a local farm. Was delicious.

Be sure to save your glaze and put your ham into your ramen!

Glaze ingredients:
>Brown sugar
>honey
>Pineapple juice
>orange juice
>ginger
>Ground gloves
>fireball

>>18739036
>This is the way.

I went with salisbury steak and crescent rolls

>>18739036
fuck off with your turkey bullshittery.

>>18739036
you can't this is the way your own post retard

>>18739039
No it fucking isn't
>sweet
>salty
>meat
>juicy
>fatty
It's probably one of the best iterations of meat you can find, taste wise.

>>18742435
the foreveralone Xmas

>>18739036
Yes but my must-haves for both are stuffing, mashed potatoes, cranberry sauce, and deviled eggs.

>>18739044
Ham is definitely easier to cook but I'd choose turkey and its gravy over ham. A good turkey is much better than ham to me and I love the gravy made from the turkey drippings so much.

>>18739222
this
a standing beef rib roast is more in line with Christmas

>>18741298
Respectfully, it's not game if it wasn't hunted. It's just meat.