Best & most cost effective Ham

Hootanany

For Christmas anyone know where to get a good one?

chopper6

Hootanany wrote: »

For Christmas anyone know where to get a good one?

Any decent butchers should be a good bet...i'd try FXB's in Moore St but give them plenty of notice first.

Hootanany

Will give them a try is their a special cut I should ask for?

chopper6

Hootanany wrote: »

Will give them a try is their a special cut I should ask for?

Half ham or a boned and rolled gammon.

Hootanany

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chopper6

The beauty of getting it boned and rolled is there's no bones to chuck out afterwards,a lot of the fat is trimmed off(there should always be some fat though) so there's no waste.

With any ham it's a good idea to let it soak in a large container of water for at least 24 hours to dissolve out any salt.

What kind of weight/size were you thinking about?

Hootanany

To feed about 8 people over the holiday season

invaderzimirl

also where are you based, the Dublin meat company dose very good meats and they are based in Ataine

or they do a "Free Nationwide Next Day Delivery"

and they say all chrismas orders will arrive chrismas eve

Hootanany

Thanks to all how many KG should I ask for?

chopper6

invaderzimirl wrote: »

and they say all chrismas orders will arrive chrismas eve

Yes...but imagine they dont!

Give yourself plenty of time OP and buy the ham 23rd december or so..

To feed that amount of people you might get a ham round 5 kilos...but it depends on your guests and how much they will eat.

Personally i always like to have a feed of ham and turkey on xmas evening and a nice thick toasted ham and mustard sambo for breakfast on Stephen's day.

invaderzimirl

yes but they a company running for over 5 years. but you can collect it if you want to also.

Hootanany

chopper6 wrote: »

Yes...but imagine they dont!

Give yourself plenty of time OP and buy the ham 23rd december or so..

To feed that amount of people you might get a ham round 5 kilos...but it depends on your guests and how much they will eat.

Personally i always like to have a feed of ham and turkey on xmas evening and a nice thick toasted ham and mustard sambo for breakfast on Stephen's day.

Nom Nom

chopper6

invaderzimirl wrote: »

yes but they a company running for over 5 years. but you can collect it if you want to also.

I agree with supporting local business but FXB's is in the city centre and has been in business for 80 years.

But that's just my opinion,anybody can shop where there like but like you,i'd recomend a good local butcher over a supermarket chain.

Lawrence1895

I got some very delicious ham last year in Peakin's (Leonard's Corner/SCR last year :cool: