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Steve Pope wrote:

> Peter Aitken > wrote:
> > I have not tried it but I would bet 50 cents that it will ruin
> > the texture.

> My experience in freezing ham is that it aquires a noticeable
> grainy texture.
>
> However: this is using a refrigerator's top freezer, which
> is subject to defrost cycling. It may work better in a chest
> freezer.


Just took some ham chunks out of the deep freeze. Froze in ziplock bags.
been frizzed less than 3 mo. Taste noticeably deteriorated, plus
freezer burn, plus texture wierd. If freezing, make it least amount of
time possible? Sometimes you just can't win.
Edrena