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The company I work for is shutting down our office at the end of the month. This means I have to start doing my job from home, starting in a couple of weeks. (I'm a programmer, and I can do that just about anywhere).

We are having a shutdown party next Wednesday, and I volunteered to cook the ham. Anyone have a good recipe for that particular piece of pig? Keep in mind this is an office party, so you can't just tell me to marinate the thing in tequila and throw it in a microwave for 10 minutes.

Thanks,

Mike
Hayden Lake, ID

Mike::D

You wrote about your ham to cook~ = so you can't just tell me to marinate
the thing in tequila and throw it in a microwave for 10 minutes.

You Idaho guys know how to get the best outa people eh


If all else fails:
Most likely on your worst day you could figure how to cook a pre-cooked spiral cut ham

Your request just made me smile big time.

I think if you make a good candied glaze that gets inside a spiral ham ...
all will be pleased. That is if you are into that type of ham

Mike B wrote:Keep in mind this is an office party, so you can't just tell me to marinate the thing in tequila and throw it in a microwave for 10 minutes.

Thanks,

Mike
Hayden Lake, ID

And just why the hell not?? Sounds like a good plan to me!!

Something strikes me as funny, reading the title of the thread....Then reading that you already volunteeered to cook the ham.

I myself have never made it because precooked ones are readily available.

Mike B wrote: Keep in mind this is an office party, so you can't just tell me to marinate the thing in tequila and throw it in a microwave for 10 minutes.

Thanks,

Mike
Hayden Lake, ID

Drink the tequila and throw the ham in the micro.

Oh gosh! Lets see if I remember. Get precooked or spiral cut ham.
Brown sugar
pineaple slices
Cloves
Cherries
Tequila
Test Tequila (small amount) Mix brown sugar and small amount of the juice from the pineapples. Rub on top of the ham. Not in the slices.
Test tequilia for smoothness.
Put the pineapple slices on top of ham. You can hold them in with toothpicks. Put the cherrie in the circle of the pineapple and dot the cloves around the pineapple.

Second way
use a can of cherrie pie filling on top of warm ham. Put it back in the oven to slightly brown. You have to watch it.

Third way
Put all of the above in a dutch oven burn it and drink the tequila. You won't care.

sdtripper2 wrote:You Idaho guys know how to get the best outa people eh

Most likely on your worst day you could figure how to cook a pre-cooked spiral cut ham

Your request just made me smile big time.

I think if you make a good candied glaze that gets inside a spiral ham ...
all will be pleased. That is if you are into that type of ham

Hey, don't tell anyone - I'm from California. I've only lived here 22 years, so I'm still a visitor.

They're not buying a spiral ham. I told them not to. I think they aren't as juicy as a normal, non-sliced ham. I'll keep the glaze idea in mind, though.

Mike
Hayden Lake, ID

Miriam C. wrote:Third way
Put all of the above in a dutch oven burn it and drink the tequila. You won't care.

I'd love to do that, but I don't drink now. Except if it's used in cooking, where the alcohol cooks off. I have an allergy.

Thanks for the glaze recipe. That may help.

Mike

Sorry Mike I was trying to sleep.
If you are doing a ham you need to cook you can cook it most of the way done. Then glaze. Most hams have cooking instruction on them.

Put the glaze on about 1/2 way through if you are cooking slow. Don't mix the sugar just pat it on thick. You can cut a lattis in the fat/skin and put the cloves in about every 3 inches.

We really like Black Forest or Krutchmier hams. Slow heated with the glaze.

Mike,

Try this one. It's a Dave Lieberman recipe (he has a cooking show on the Food Network). Every recipe of Dave's that I have tried is great....he has never led me astray!

Dijon Maple Glazed Spiral Ham Recipe

1 (9-pound) store bought bone-in spiral ham
3/4 cup water

For the glaze:
1/2 cup maple syrup
1/2 cup dark brown sugar
2 tablespoons whole-grain Dijon mustard
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg


Optional fixings for ham:
Pumpernickel bread
Assorted mustards
Pickled shallots
Cornichons
Assorted cheeses

Preheat oven to 300 degrees F.

Place ham in a roasting pan and pour about 3/4 cup water into the bottom of pan. Cover with aluminum foil and bake for 1 hour and 40 minutes or until heated through, soft and tender.

Make the glaze:
Whisk all ingredients together in a saucepan until smooth and heat over medium-low to medium heat until simmering. Simmer for 2 minutes and remove from heat.

When ham is heated through, remove the aluminum foil, and pour or brush the glaze over the top to cover completely. Raise oven temperature to 400 degrees F.

Return the ham to the oven and cook, uncovered, for 20 minutes or until glaze is caramelized and bubbly. Let rest for 10 minutes before slicing. Serve with desired fixings.

Here's the link for the recipe on foodnetwork.com

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes ... src=search

I can suggest what I've come to call a Dump Ham :

Fast, ez, and tasty.

Get your precooked ham
Dump it into a baking dish (or pan with sides)
For easiest clean up line pan with parchment paper, but you don't have to
Sprinkle some brown sugar on top and pat it in
Dump a can of juice/nectar over it such as Kern's Mango
Guava, or apricot (something sweet besides tomato, OJ, grape or grapefruit juices)
Optional: put some pineapple rings on top, stick the maraschino cherries inside each little ring OR
Optional: Pat more brown sugar on top and add cloves
Bake as directed on can

Note: It helps to check it part way through and scoop up some of the bottom pan juice to drizzle over the top again as the brown sugar melts.
Hope this will work for your party.

Enjoy,
TDN

I got a ham hock and bean pot rolling right now! Yum! I'm going for a late night bowl of beans. It's been cooking since this morning!