Warming Ham

[hardy49]

If I cook a ham joint can I warm up slices later on ? We have visitors this weekend and I am trying to get meals prepared beforehand

[237SJ]

Yes you can because it will have only been reheated once.

[hardy49]

Many thanks

[Baldric]

Warm? Ham? How could you?

[Mamyalynne]

As part of a main meal you wouldn't want cold ham when all else on your plate was piping hot.

[Baldric]

Please don't tell me what I would or wouldn't want, I would not dream of serving cold ham with everything else piping hot!

[gingejbee]

^^^that's exactly what I like....I dislike warm/hot ham.

[ummmm]

Baldric....a ham joint!!

[Baldric]

Yes, I did see that, no problem, but I still don't want warm ham thank you.

[Baldric]

PS ummmm,
hardy does refer to warming up slices in the OP

[gingejbee]

Most things "piggy" (ham, sausages, roast pork etc), I much prefer at room temperature rather than hot.

[ethandron]

I’ve never served or eaten hot ham with hot veg, I’ve always had thick slices of cold ham, so I wouldn’t heat it.

[Old_Geezer]

Gammon is usually served warm as it is bought uncooked. Ham is usually left to cool after cooking and served cold. But I know of no rule saying that you can't warm it.

[Mamyalynne]

As ever it's all down to personal taste, I'd certainly not want it cold with a hot sauce - but that's just me.

[Tilly2]

When we have a gammon joint, I serve it hot on Sunday, cold on Monday and made into a carbonara sauce on Tuesday. If it's big enough, we might also have cold gammon sandwiches for lunch on Wednesday.

I wouldn't warm up slices of gammon in the microwave. I wouldn't enjoy that at all.

[ethandron]

Blimey Tilly, that’s a very elastic (or huge)gammon joint to do all that!

[ummmm]

I put left overs in a tray with chilli, garlic, olive oil and honey and flash fry it. It's nice

[Tilly2]

It has to be big to last for three meals, Eth. I make my meat stretch. :-)

If I cook piddly little joints, they tend to disappear as they are cooking. I like a nice, big, slab of meat.

[DTCwordfan]

sounds like it's a whole pig, ethandron!

[tamborine]

heat the plates and cold ham will soon absorb heat from hot gravy etc

[melv16]

Gravy with ham???