How well does cooked ham freeze? Reason I ask is that I cooked an eleven pound
ham the other day for my wife and myself. There was a LOT of leftovers. More
than we can finish before it goes bad and I hate to waste any of it. I've never
frozen ham before and I wondered if what seems to be a high water content in a
ham, at least before it's cooked, will make for a lot of ice crystals and ruin
the meat. Thanks. (I do have a vacuum packer if that makes a difference.)

On Dec 7, 2:48*pm, wrote:
> How well does cooked ham freeze? Reason I ask is that I cooked an eleven pound
> ham the other day for my wife and myself. There was a LOT of leftovers. More
> than we can finish before it goes bad and I hate to waste any of it. I've never
> frozen ham before and I wondered if what seems to be a high water content in a
> ham, at least before it's cooked, will make for a lot of ice crystals and ruin
> the meat. Thanks. (I do have a vacuum packer if that makes a difference.)

I regularly freeze leftover slices of ham. I separate them with film
so they are easy to separate out for a portoin or two at a time and
wrap well in film and then in foil. It freezes just fine with no
detriment to the texture.

On Tue, 07 Dec 2010 17:48:27 -0500, wrote:

> How well does cooked ham freeze? Reason I ask is that I cooked an eleven pound
> ham the other day for my wife and myself. There was a LOT of leftovers. More
> than we can finish before it goes bad and I hate to waste any of it. I've never
> frozen ham before and I wondered if what seems to be a high water content in a
> ham, at least before it's cooked, will make for a lot of ice crystals and ruin
> the meat. Thanks. (I do have a vacuum packer if that makes a difference.)

Go for it! Freeze in portions you think you'll use. Your vacuum
packer will make it all the easier.

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