Hi all:

I'm planning on cooking a ham this year for Christmas, and my wife also
wants mashed potatoes as a side along with some others. Any suggestions for
a good gravy for the potatoes that fits in with the ham?

TIA & Happy Holidays to all,

Scott

I am in the same dilemma and hubby wants potatoes mashed as well on the
side.. I was going to have him pickup HIS favorite canned gravy
tomorrow.The kids and I will eat them plain..if he insist on gravy..get
it..or make it (right..)

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Laura


"WiScottsin" wrote in message
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Hi all:

I'm planning on cooking a ham this year for Christmas, and my wife also
wants mashed potatoes as a side along with some others. Any suggestions
for
a good gravy for the potatoes that fits in with the ham?

TIA & Happy Holidays to all,

Scott

From: "WiScottsin"

I'm planning on cooking a ham this year for Christmas, and my wife also
wants mashed potatoes as a side along with some others. Any suggestions for
a good gravy for the potatoes that fits in with the ham?

First off, I serve ham for christmas, as I have anywhere from 25-30 people, so
the meal is necessarily a buffet.Have you considered serving Baked Beans with
the Ham? They are an exceptional side dish,easy to make and then put in a crock
a few hours before serving time. A stir every once in a while is all they
need....I only lightly glaze the ham with a combo of duck sauce, pineapples and
their juice, and if that doesn't sing, I'll add a little balsamic vinegar.So,
On to the gravies.Red-eye gravy is a favorite of my southern relatives, but I
don't care for it, so since the meal is so easy, I make 2 gravies,...Red eye,
and a this to med. white sauce in which I put fresh parsley,a little sage &
thyme, and onion and garlic powder to taste.Also, for leftovers, you can fold
any of the leftover white sauce, and chunks of ham, with cooked noodles and
peas, into a greased casserole and top with buttered breadcrumbs, or thin the
sauce out a bit, make the casserole, and cover with biscuit dough.
HTH,
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"WiScottsin" wrote in message
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Hi all:

I'm planning on cooking a ham this year for Christmas, and my wife also
wants mashed potatoes as a side along with some others. Any suggestions
for
a good gravy for the potatoes that fits in with the ham?

TIA & Happy Holidays to all,

Scott

Ham gravy is delicious. That is if you bake your ham without all the sweet
toppings.
Janet

"WiScottsin" writes:

Any suggestions for
a good gravy for the potatoes that fits in with the ham?

Basic Pan Gravy

2 tablespoons meat drippings
2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
1 cup liquid (beef or chicken broth, water, meat juices, or a combination of
them)
Salt and pepper, to taste

After the meat is removed from the pan and put in a warm place, pour off all
but 2 tablespoons of the pan juices in the skillet. If you're not sure about
how much is left in the pan, pour off all the drippings and measure 2
tablespoons back into the skillet. Heat up the drippings over medium-low heat.
Sprinkle the flour over the heated drippings, and stir it constantly so that
the flour "cooks" for about a minute. Then gradually add the liquid, stirring
constantly, until the gravy begins to thicken and bubble. Add the salt and
pepper. Remove the skillet from the heat, serve over rice, biscuits, noodles,
potatoes, etc.


Connie
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On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 16:58:15 -0600, "WiScottsin"
wrote:

Hi all:

I'm planning on cooking a ham this year for Christmas, and my wife also
wants mashed potatoes as a side along with some others. Any suggestions for
a good gravy for the potatoes that fits in with the ham?

TIA & Happy Holidays to all,

Scott

I have the same problem. I made "ham gravy" once and it wasn't good at
all, but potatoes and gravy are in great demand.

Red Eye Gravy is served with country
ham and biscuits. I have never heard of it being served on mashed
potatoes.

Ham is a hard one to match with a gravy I would sujest some sort of mint or
fruit sauce? not a havey fat based gravy.

What would depend on how sweet the ham
"Laura" wrote in message
...
I am in the same dilemma and hubby wants potatoes mashed as well on the
side.. I was going to have him pickup HIS favorite canned gravy
tomorrow.The kids and I will eat them plain..if he insist on gravy..get
it..or make it (right..)

--

Laura


"WiScottsin" wrote in message
...
Hi all:

I'm planning on cooking a ham this year for Christmas, and my wife also
wants mashed potatoes as a side along with some others. Any suggestions
for
a good gravy for the potatoes that fits in with the ham?

TIA & Happy Holidays to all,

Scott

"WiScottsin" wrote in message
...
Hi all:

I'm planning on cooking a ham this year for Christmas, and my wife also
wants mashed potatoes as a side along with some others. Any suggestions
for
a good gravy for the potatoes that fits in with the ham?

TIA & Happy Holidays to all,

Scott

Have you tried butter? Good mashed potatoes have no need of anything else.

Charlie

"WiScottsin" wrote in message
...
Hi all:

I'm planning on cooking a ham this year for Christmas, and my wife also
wants mashed potatoes as a side along with some others. Any suggestions
for
a good gravy for the potatoes that fits in with the ham?

TIA & Happy Holidays to all,

Scott

There is a name for this other than raisin gravy and for the life of me I'm
pulling a mental block. It is traditional with ham.

Dimitri


1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 teaspoon ground mustard
1 1/2 cups water
1/2 cup white raisins
2 tablespoons white vinegar
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon lemon, rind of
2 tablespoons butter or margarine

1. In a saucepan combine brown sugar, cornstarch and mustard.
2. Stir in water, raisins, vinegar, lemon juice and lemon peel until
blended.
3. Bring to a boil and cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened.
4. Stir in butter until melted.
5. Serve warm over baked sliced ham.

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"WiScottsin" wrote in message
...
Hi all:

I'm planning on cooking a ham this year for Christmas, and my wife
also wants mashed potatoes as a side along with some others. Any
suggestions
for
a good gravy for the potatoes that fits in with the ham?

TIA & Happy Holidays to all,

Scott

There is a name for this other than raisin gravy and for the life of
me I'm pulling a mental block. It is traditional with ham.

Dimitri


1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 teaspoon ground mustard
1 1/2 cups water
1/2 cup white raisins
2 tablespoons white vinegar
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon lemon, rind of
2 tablespoons butter or margarine

1. In a saucepan combine brown sugar, cornstarch and mustard.
2. Stir in water, raisins, vinegar, lemon juice and lemon peel until
blended.
3. Bring to a boil and cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened.
4. Stir in butter until melted.
5. Serve warm over baked sliced ham.




We always called it "Raisin Sauce". So does our cookbook, but I suppose
there might be other names. The recipe is very similar to yours, but it
also calls for a small amount of current jelly and ground cloves.

Wayne

"Wayne Boatwright" wrote in message
"WiScottsin" wrote in message

1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
2 tablespoons cornstarch
1 teaspoon ground mustard
1 1/2 cups water
1/2 cup white raisins
2 tablespoons white vinegar
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1/4 teaspoon lemon, rind of
2 tablespoons butter or margarine

1. In a saucepan combine brown sugar, cornstarch and mustard.
2. Stir in water, raisins, vinegar, lemon juice and lemon peel until
blended.
3. Bring to a boil and cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened.
4. Stir in butter until melted.
5. Serve warm over baked sliced ham.




We always called it "Raisin Sauce". So does our cookbook, but I suppose
there might be other names. The recipe is very similar to yours, but it
also calls for a small amount of current jelly and ground cloves.

Wayne

These sound like variations on the Cumberland Sauce theme. Cumberland Sauce
is a classic British sauce for game etc. that usually includes currants or
currant jelly, and oranges and/or lemons, and cloves and other spices. Very
good - for years I've made a cranberry cumberland sauce to go with
Thanksgiving turkey that is basically cranberries cooked in a spicy
cumberland sauce with lots of orange zest. Substituting raisins for the
currants and adding a bit of mustard, perhaps with the addition of some
currant jelly, would be a nice version to go with ham. Or use dried currants
instead of the raisins.

HG

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"WiScottsin" wrote in message
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Hi all:

I'm planning on cooking a ham this year for Christmas, and my wife also
wants mashed potatoes as a side along with some others. Any suggestions
for
a good gravy for the potatoes that fits in with the ham?

TIA & Happy Holidays to all,

Scott

Have you tried butter? Good mashed potatoes have no need of anything else.

Charlie



Butter would be fine with me, my wife wants gravy.

Wayne Boatwright writes:

We always called it "Raisin Sauce". So does our cookbook, but I suppose
there might be other names. The recipe is very similar to yours, but it
also calls for a small amount of current jelly and ground cloves.

All well and good, but the OP wants GRAVY to go on the mashed potatoes.(G)

Connie
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Hi all:

I'm planning on cooking a ham this year for Christmas, and my wife also
wants mashed potatoes as a side along with some others. Any suggestions

for

a good gravy for the potatoes that fits in with the ham?

TIA & Happy Holidays to all,

Scott

Have you tried butter? Good mashed potatoes have no need of anything else.

Charlie




Butter would be fine with me, my wife wants gravy.


Wish that I could help you but ham gravy is one thing that I've never
been able to get right. It always comes out to greasy for me. I gave
up. We're having Maine lobster and king crab legs this year. Not
traditional, I know but we don't care.

Well. I *think* that we're having lobster. They are theoretically
coming in from Maine today but I haven't seen the delivery guy yet...
I'd better or I'll have to take something outta the freezer. ;-)

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Steve

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