Can you freeze cooked ham slices?
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I'm sure you can - however in order to avoid the slices sticking together, you would need to take it out of the original packaging, interleave it with greaseproof paper and freeze the lot in eg. a ziplok sandwich bag for easy access when you want a slice.
Seems a lot of hassle though - unless you're living in a place where such a thing isn't readily available.
In which case I can quite understand - expat friends of mine crave for Monster Munch, Jaffa Cakes and Fray Bentos tinned pies.
Seems a lot of hassle though - unless you're living in a place where such a thing isn't readily available.
In which case I can quite understand - expat friends of mine crave for Monster Munch, Jaffa Cakes and Fray Bentos tinned pies.
Hi,
Not wishing to put a downer on things.
Yes ham can be frozen..... But, it can only be frozen ONCE.
The problem being is that food handlers may well freeze it in transit?
The best thing to do is to buy PROPER sliced ham off the bone (go to the deli counter.... instead of buying the pre packed "stuff"
. You may pay a bit more for it. But that way you won't run any risk.
If handled incorrectly ham (like most meat) it can contain some VERY harmfull bacteria.
The more water content in ham - the lower the quality!!
Hope this helps
Ian
Not wishing to put a downer on things.
Yes ham can be frozen..... But, it can only be frozen ONCE.
The problem being is that food handlers may well freeze it in transit?
The best thing to do is to buy PROPER sliced ham off the bone (go to the deli counter.... instead of buying the pre packed "stuff"
. You may pay a bit more for it. But that way you won't run any risk.If handled incorrectly ham (like most meat) it can contain some VERY harmfull bacteria.
The more water content in ham - the lower the quality!!
Hope this helps
Ian
Um, while that's true about freezing once - 9 times out of ten the deli counter is no differently treated to anything on the shelves. Supermarket deli counters are mainly "broken open" packages and you can often buy the same product on the refrigerated shelves. Deli counters are there to give consumers only an illusion of "fresh".
yes you can, but you cannot refreeze after defrosting. if you require defrosting slice - by - slice, as said earlier, interleave with greaseproof paper first! it should be fine as regards retaining its quality, but defrost under refrigeration overnight, room temp is not good! perfect bacteria breeding ground!
10 Pence Short said:
A little while ago I my Food Safety in Catering. If you followed every procedure it recommends you'd never eat some foods! For example if you cook something it's supposed to have a core temperature of 70 degrees for at least 2 minutes. That would kind of knacker a decent blue steak!
Quite. Last time I was in la belle France, I was served a pile of raw steak mince with a raw egg yolk in a half egg shell balanced on top ready to be dumped into it. No one seemed to die as a result. No doubt the restaurant owner would be doing porridge if they were serving this in the UK. I once saw some local government food hygiene officer extol the virtues of fish and chips on the basis that the hot fat killed all known germs, dead. Never mind the malnutrition and heart disease that would result from that fine diet. Madness, I tell you, madness.Adam_BGT said:
ATG said:
Goochie said:
ATG said:
I've never met anyone who died of eating defrosted ham slices, so I guess they must be fine. Hope that helps.
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