Melba's Jammin' wrote:
> In article >,
> zxcvbob > wrote:
>
>> I thought I was supposed to bring the turkey to the church potluck this
>> weekend, but I've been asked to bring a ham instead. I've cooked hams
>> before, but never paid any attention to how much they serve.
>>
>> I bought an 10.6 pound "ham with water added" bone-in ham shank today at
>> Aldi. It was the largest half-ham in the case. That ought to serve
>> 30-something people if it's not the only meat, right? Or should I go
>> back and get one of the smaller butts too?
>>
>> -Bob
>
> How'd you make out with your ham?


The 10.6 would have probably been enough by itself. I bought another 8#
shank to go with it, then realized how much I had when I started cooking
it all. I took a 9x13" lasagna pan full of thick-sliced ham to the
potluck, and had a pound or two left at home. Probably 2/3 of it got
eaten even tho' we only had 20 people show up that week. (a lot of the
regulars were traveling out of town) I put most of the leftovers in the
church freezer for the next men's breakfast, and we've almost finished
eating the remainder.

That was a lot of meat for $22!

I boiled the bones and trimmings with a few bay leaves and peppercorns
and made some nice stock. I made a pot of navybean soup with some of it
last night, and I pressure canned the remaining 3 pints for making bean
soup in January. I threw out most of the juice that cooked out of the
ham when I roasted it; that tasted more like salt than ham. I did add
just a little of it to the previously-mentioned stock; just enough to
give it some color and make it taste kind of salty.

-Bob