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Posted by sarcasticmuppet (Member # 5035) on :

I'm heating up a spiral ham for Break the Fast and it's almost done, so I'm pretty close to cutting the slices away. Is it possible to make some sort of base from the ham bone by boiling it in water or something? If so 1) what would it be good for and 2) is there anything else I'd need to know besides "boil the ham bone"?

Posted by mackillian (Member # 586) on :

Throw it away sounds good to me. [Wink]

Posted by HRE (Member # 6263) on :

No, you make soup from it! Save the trimmings from the ham you cut off, and split the bone cleanly to expose the marrow. Toss them in a huge pot of water with carrots, celery, potatoes, cabbage, mushrooms, peas, beans, and anything else you can find, up to and including a ceramic lawn gnome.

Then simply let it simmer...all. day. long. Season to taste and enjoy!

Posted by Risuena (Member # 2924) on :

I can't say I've ever made any type of stock, but I know you can make ham stock from the bone. The stock would be good for different types of soup, particularly split pea soup.

You could probably do a quick search for ham stock and find out more.

Of course since I'm lazy, and, as I've already said, I've never made stock before, I'd throw it away.

Posted by dread pirate romany (Member # 6869) on :

Hambones make the BEST stock!! You will never get something that good from a can or aseptic box. So tasty with ham scraps, potatos, tons of garlic..in fact it is perfect for potato soup.

Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :

Even I know that hambones make great split pea soup. (In fact, I've been told by those who know that my split pea soup is almost as good as those made with a hambone. [Wink]

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Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :

Pea soup. Lentil soup. Any dried bean.

There is also a soup my Canadian friend makes called "ham soup." It is broth and vegetables and is very good.

Posted by Glenn Arnold (Member # 3192) on :

rivka beat me to it.

Definitely make a split pea soup. A bag of split peas, a chopped onion, couple of chopped carrots, several stalks of celery, pepper to taste, and whatever else strikes your fancy. I know some people put some sage into it, but I don't. Simmer about two hours.

I always put mine through a blender to make it smoother, but you don't have to.