Talking Turkeys and Hams this time of year ain't OT, SCdM.......
Some folks in these parts traditionally do up a Turkey for Thanksgiving Day. It's quite acceptable.
I just like to do up a Ham as well. I have maneged to end up with my Mother's roaster, top and bottom.
The old blue ceramic with the white spots.....
My sisters didn't want it, and my wife was unimpressed with it.
I remember being a very little Dude, and knowing some Damn good things to eat came out of that blue and white speckled pan.
I do admit I have an attachment to the roaster pan. I even have Mom's lift out frame for Turkey's Roasts and Hams....
Good thing she bought a SS one, it's still fine today......
So, I stick the lift frame in the pan, stick the ham in the frame.
Lay on the Pineapple Slices, stick them down with clove spikes. More clove spikes wherever I can find room......
Add ther rest of the Pineapple juice to two cups of water. Add two cups of brown sugar to the water.
Spread this all over the top of the Ham, paint the thing............
If I set my new Q to medium, I know it's going to keep a heat of about 275Deg......
That's just fine for my ham for a spell.......When the thermomoter gets up around 130, I pull it out of the ham, pull off the tinfoil, and baste........I'll generally toss a few more cups of water in the bottom of the pan. I'll use a glass bulb baster to keep the ham wet with the water, brown sugar, pineapple juice mix in the bottom of the pan....
After several bastes, 10 minutes apart, I'll stick the thermometer back in the ham.....I keep basting with the glass and bulb every ten minutes until the thermometer reads a steady 140...........DONE..............It's perfect.........
Shut down the Q........Wait for further orders from Managment (TYQ).................
When ready, I picked out the cloves, and sliced it up for the family.
Of course after years of practice my son and daughter are quite adept at lifting the pineapple slicees off the ham while my back is turned......
And perhaps I turn my back to give them time to hit the pineapple slices and little squares of baked pork fat...
I pretty much did the same as a youngun............
Cookin is fun............Any old time..........I'm always up for somethin new.................
Cooking for the Holidays........It's tradition.............
I get it as close as to my Mom's cooking as humanly possible.............
And it always comes out Primo...........
I give TYQ some elbow room in her kitchen, I stay out of there.........She had a Mom too, who must have been a hell of a cook too.......
I never got to meet her..........car wreck when TYQ was 14....................
TYQ's Pop drove XKE's, and her Mom drove Lotus's.........
It was a different planet here in the old days............
You could drive your butt off...........
We had lots of open roads NW of Chicago in the 60's
I do a ham as close to my Mom's as I kin get.....Nobody's slamed it yet............