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what do you make of ham sandwiches?
I find them quite strange. Sometimes they are great, especially with Piccalilli, or even plain English mustard. Other times they can be quite boring. Strange things.
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Sometimes I love them, mostly when they're shop bought - Greggs do a lovely ham and coleslaw baguette.
If I buy packaged ham and make my own sandwich at home, I find them quite bad... Probably as packaged ham has 'hard' bits in them (See similar thread re hard bits in sausages) :-P |
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Its all about the quality of the ham. How can people eat that cheap reformed stuff?
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Sometimes I love them, mostly when they're shop bought - Greggs do a lovely ham and coleslaw baguette.
If I buy packaged ham and make my own sandwich at home, I find them quite bad... Probably as packaged ham has 'hard' bits in them (See similar thread re hard bits in sausages) :-P On that point though, Jay Rayner did a report and taste test on reformed ham and it came out better than he expected. It is still whole legs of ham but cured in a processed fashion. |
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Its all about the quality of the ham. How can people eat that cheap reformed stuff?
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Re-formed anything is junk. Read this and weep
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2005/nov/03/foodanddrink EXTRACT Most supermarket ham sold today, including premium ham, is formed or reformed ham. Formed ham is muscle meat from the leg bones. It is chopped and passed under needles which inject it with a solution of water, sugars, preservatives, flavourings and other additives, or put into a giant machine resembling a cement mixer and mixed with a similar solution. The process dissolves an amino acid called myosin so the meat becomes sticky and, when put into moulds, comes out looking like a whole piece of meat. If the ham is to be presented as a traditional cut, a layer of fat is stuck round the edge of the mould to make it look as though it has been cut off a whole leg. It is becoming increasing difficult to find the unadulterated product in supermarkets and I would guess this is what many sandwich shops sell. Which is why I wouldn't buy from the latter. |
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Ham, mustard and mayo - the best sandwich ever! Quote:
Re-formed anything is junk. Read this and weep
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2005/nov/03/foodanddrink EXTRACT Most supermarket ham sold today, including premium ham, is formed or reformed ham. Formed ham is muscle meat from the leg bones. It is chopped and passed under needles which inject it with a solution of water, sugars, preservatives, flavourings and other additives, or put into a giant machine resembling a cement mixer and mixed with a similar solution. The process dissolves an amino acid called myosin so the meat becomes sticky and, when put into moulds, comes out looking like a whole piece of meat. If the ham is to be presented as a traditional cut, a layer of fat is stuck round the edge of the mould to make it look as though it has been cut off a whole leg. It is becoming increasing difficult to find the unadulterated product in supermarkets and I would guess this is what many sandwich shops sell. Which is why I wouldn't buy from the latter. |
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Its all about the quality of the ham. How can people eat that cheap reformed stuff?
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The ham has to be fresh off the joint, preferably from my local farm for me. The butcher is a very good second choice though.
I like my ham with red onion and a nice creamy double gloucester, there's a nice combination between the three different levels of sweetness
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Ham and cheese sandwich slightly toasted. Yum!
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If I,m making a sandwich ham is about my last choice but in a toastie with cheese its first choice
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What do you make of ham sandwiches?
What do you think anyone makes of ham sandwiches? Honestly? |
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Ham and cheese sandwich slightly toasted. Yum!
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What a ridiculous question...........
What do you think anyone makes of ham sandwiches? Honestly? |
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amazing. someone always manages to bring some vitriol in to such a simple question.
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Ham carved off the bone, a slick of Dijon and some thinly sliced red onion. Between fresh granary bread. Lovely, and a million miles away from wafer thin processed rubbish on cheap white sliced.
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Ham carved off the bone, a slick of Dijon and some thinly sliced red onion. Between fresh granary bread. Lovely, and a million miles away from wafer thin processed rubbish on cheap white sliced.
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amazing. someone always manages to bring some vitriol in to such a simple question.
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I eat many ham sandwiches per month. Maybe 20. They are just...easy.
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I usually have quourn ham sandwiches with piccallily.
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I have ham sandwiches a few times a week, it's a quick, easy and nice thing to eat.
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Its all about the quality of the ham. How can people eat that cheap reformed stuff?
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I find them quite strange. Sometimes they are great, especially with Piccalilli, or even plain English mustard. Other times they can be quite boring. Strange things.
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Gotta love a ham sandwich...with cheese, mayo and pickle...yummy
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Going off them, think I've eaten too many over the years
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