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We are still eating our ham..maybe have a few day's worth of sandwiches left. we bought it the Wednesday before christmas and opened it on Christmas day. The last few days it's starting to get a bit crusty looking, I think it's just salt though. Does the christmas ham ever go off? How would I know if it was going bad? It still smells like ham..
It does go bad but should last several weeks, maybe a month. You'll know it's bad because it'll smell. Are you keeping it in a moist pillow case (or Ham Bag) soaked on a mixture of water and a bit of vinegar? If you change the bag every couple of days (just re-soak it in the vinegar mix) your ham will keep longer and won't dry out on the edges.
it's just wrapped up in a tea towel in the fridge. It doesn't seem to be going dry, just the skin of it is a bit crusty with what looks like salt. I dunno..I did tell DF we didn't need anything too big :rolleyes:
:) aww good question hun cause this is the first time ive eva had a ham and i stARTED A THREaD TO ASK WHAT TO DO WITH LEFT OVER HAM AND I ALSO DIDNT KNOW HOW LONG THEY LASTED (dam caps sorry ) so thanks as im a bit funny with left over stuff :)
Just bearing in mind - if you baked your ham it needs to be used within a couple of days because bacteria grows while it is still warm whereas if you just have a straight out ham that has been kept cold all along they last much longer.
nah it's not a cooked one. Thanks MD!
I'm the same Barney..goodness knows how much food I've thrown out that has probably still been fine because I'm paranoid about leftovers! Lol
Just make sure once its starts to look a bit bad (discolour) or smell a bit, get rid of it. The year before last our ham started to do this on one side, on the inside it looked fine.. so i had some.. and (TMI) was on the toilet every 20 minutes (literally!) for the next 36 hours. So just becareful ;)