Don't know the difference between a city and a country ham? Don't know how to cook either of these types of ham, even if you do know the difference? Don't know how to serve them once they're done cooking? We can help.
A maple-glazed city ham. [Photograph: Vicky Wasik]
Country-ham devotees can be a zealous bunch, but make sure that you know what you're getting yourself into before you commit to one for the holidays.When buying a ham, you want to aim for between a half pound and three-quarters of a pound per person for bone-in hams, and a half pound or less for boneless hams.
Aside from taking on water during the brining phase, hams are often injected with additional brine before they're packaged in a vacuum-sealed pouch. The idea is to bulk up the ham's shipping weight, thereby increasing profit margins. Though a ham with lots of water added may sell for less money per pound than a no-water-added ham, you're really paying for that extra water weight. Not a wise move.
We tasted the four different types of ham side by side to confirm. Tasters nearly unanimously placed the hams with the least added water at the top, and the ones with the most added water at the bottom."Ham and water product" had a spongy texture and an unpleasantly wet mouthfeel. Plain old"ham," on the other hand, was meaty and moist.A boneless ham is just that: a ham from which the bone has been removed, after which the ham is tightly pressed into an oval-shaped package.
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