"Cheri" wrote:
>"Polly Esther" wrote:
>
>> Assuming ( I know) that some of you have family feasts to celebrate this
>> day, what are your grand successes or "never again" ? I did add a little
>> lemon juice, zest and a spoon full of sugar to my waffle recipe and that
>> made them very special. I labored and used every tool in the kitchen to
>> create a lovely strawberry pie. It was lovely - and had the taste of
>> sweet water. Anyone want to confess to a "Quoth the Raven" ? Polly
>
>My energy ran out before the guests. I had fun, they had fun, but I was glad
>to see them go.

Last week the market in town had Alexander & Hornung hams on sale so I
bought one, this is the one that was on sale:
http://www.alexanderhornung.com/hone...ed-p-1107.html
Sunday morning I decided to cook it for sandwiches to eat during the
week, not for an Easter dinner... for Easter dinner I cooked pork
chops with yellow rice and black bean pilaf. I had never bought that
brand of ham before, upon removing the wrappings it didn't look very
attactive, had a thick whitish opaque gloppy film covering it. Well,
it did say glazed so I figured it would melt during cooking but sure
didn't look the color of honey, brown sugar and cinnamon, so into the
oven it went. An hour and a half later I pulled it out, let it rest
some and removed the foil tent... what a revolting development... it
looked awful, that coating didn't melt, it got thicker, rubber
cement... looked like an entire football team ejaculated all over it,
really! Well, I took one small taste, spit it out and thought no one
can eat this. Then I looked on their web site, says the glaze is
honey, brown sugar. and cinnamon... no way! So I called the store,
they said they'd be open till midnight on Easter and to bring in the
receipt, they didn't want to see the ham so I tossed it in the trash,
I didn't think it fit to feed the critters, probably would poison
them. An hour later I drove into town with my receipt and they gladly
gave me my money back and a $5 manager's store coupon for my
disappointment. I've been attempting to phone the number at the web
site but all I can do is leave a message (I left two), don't ever buy
any Alexander & Hornung products, I know I never will. Next time I
want a ham I'll buy my usual... Cook's, never been disappointed.