Down the drain!?!

What Snidely said, but make sure an animal can't get into it while it's chilling outside.

Do not put it on ground you want anything to grow on salt will kill the ground.

Save it and put in freezer to use as ham stock.

Poor out good ham broth??? *GASP* j/k, but I freeze in small baggies and use for seasoning beans and veggies. I wouldn't know what to do with it if I didn't want to keep it. Probably would freeze it then stick it in the trash when hubs was going to the recycling center.

I have a couple of containers in the freezer from the last ham. I just don't use ham stock, but I do use it in my ham and kale Tuscana (sp) soup.

I did what Snidely said. I just brought it in and skimmed the fat into the green bin, eh. :-)

Freeze it. It's great to cook potatoes, beans, soup, etc. in it. I would never throw it out. Just let it chill and take the fat off.

It is also good to add to cornbread dressing.

I buy already cooked ham and haven't done it from scratch in awhile, but I have to think the water a ham has been parboiled in has got to be full of yucky stuff. Including a load of salt. And pretty diluted flavor. To each his own, but for me the drain is the right place to put it.

I must admit that I've never boiled a ham nor know of anyone who has. Is this a particular kind of ham?

Rhizo, it's a half-ham with a bone. Sometimes I cook it and add potatoes and green beans. The potatoes and green beans get infused with the flavour.

Other times, as this time, I cooked it for an hour to 1.5 hours till the internal temp got to 140° then I put it in the oven for another hour with a glaze on it. It was delicious. It sped up the cooking time in the oven by a couple of hours at least.

I'd use it for something cooking (like beans), but if that fails, I'd pour it into a local dog.

I take mine outside and throw it into the curb drain or the yard. Rarely, I'll use the broth in big pot of beans with ham. There is so much salt in ham already that I don't add any extra when I cook with it.

Dog? Oh my, no. That would not be healthy for the dog at all.

I am like rhizo never boiled a ham ever. I buy smoked hams that are actually fully cooked from the smoking. I put it in the oven to heat up. If I get a little picnic shoulder ham I cook them in the oven till tender. Usually put some kind of fruit juice in with it, pineapple, orange, Apple etc. And I sometimes glaze the hams. If I get a raw pork ham roast, not smoked just raw from the pig, I do those in my big roaster pan in the oven or my electric roaster oven and cook till internal temp is done. Just like a regular roast. Sometimes I cut slots and stuff with onion and garlic.

I have seen boiled ham in the deli case it reminds me of the canned hams.

I like simmering it (not boiling) the ham. It removes a lot of the salt. I often find ham too salty, and the cooking in water ahead of time alleviates a lot of that.

Thanks for the explanation, Jasdip.

Rhizo, I've been using Jacques Pepin recipe for quite a while.

Maple Syrup Glazed Ham

I'd just pour it down the drain, if I didn't want to keep it. But I have frozen stock from ALL sorts of meats (not ham, though).

If afraid of clogging the drain, skim off the obvious fat and throw out. I would take the rest and flush down the toilet.

Not for a doggie, please. It can cause pancreatitis.

Due to high salt content? or what ?

After you have skimmed the fat off, you may pour it down the kitchen drain, the one with the garbage grinder. Do not pour down a toilet or floor drain. The fat may coat the pipes and promote clogging. Supposedly, a garbage grinder will emulsify the fat making it stay in the flush water and will not coat the drain pipes. Run cold water into the garbage grinder. With the grinder running, pour the waste into the cold water stream. Continue running the water for about a minute after the waste fluid is gone to clear the drain.

However, if you have a septic system, consult the operating procedures for your system.