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Old 26-10-2008, 09:38
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I have just been reading a thread discussing the cost of pre packed cooked meats and asking are the value ones as good as the 'best' ones.

Someone mentioned buying a gammon joint and cooking it herself, which costs about £4. A good idea really but I bought a cooked ham hock from my butchers recently for £1.60....I cut off all the ham which was mainly lean and then weighed it.....I actually got 400g of ham from that 1 hock which was a really good buy I thought.
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Old 26-10-2008, 09:54
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I do the same for sandwiches during the week, you also don't get water and 'animal protein' pump into it to bulk it out (like the value packs usually have!!!).
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Old 27-10-2008, 11:35
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I cant believe the cost of pre packed meat.

I went to buy some sandwich fillers last week, and the good quality ham was £2.85 for 4-5 slices. If you wanted roast beef (which looked ropey) it was £3.65 for 4 slices.

I ended up buying a tin of tuna !!!
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Old 27-10-2008, 14:43
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[I cant believe the cost of pre packed meat.

I went to buy some sandwich fillers last week, and the good quality ham was £2.85 for 4-5 slices. If you wanted roast beef (which looked ropey) it was £3.65 for 4 slices.

I ended up buying a tin of tuna


I was the poster who suggested buying a gammon joint at aroung £4, boiling it, or you can bake it in the oven (brushed with honey, breadcrumbs, all sorts of options)

It will give you lots of meat especially if you slice it thinly with a good knife.

If you boil it, you get lovely stock for soup, especially using yellow split peas, and a few bits of the ham to make pea and ham.

(you could also have a go at making pease pudding, which is delicious on sandwiches)
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Old 28-10-2008, 10:48
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Dont you worry, i will indeed be buying joints and cooking them for sarnies.

I was talking about this with my colleague. She has got into buy joints of beef / ham etc .... and using some for dinners and the left overs for sarnies. Much better value.

I will be scouring the shelves of supermarkets myself now, trying to find a bargain.
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