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Re: 25 year old frozen ham
« Reply #25 on: November 29, 2018, 09:46:10 PM »
That ham can't be any worse than this:

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Re: 25 year old frozen ham
« Reply #26 on: December 25, 2018, 01:34:25 PM »
The ham is thawing.  It looks fine thru the shrink wrap.  Unfortunately the label does not have a date on it.  It says it's from the Rainbow Foods store at the Crossroads shopping center.  (I thought it was from the old Econo Foods.)  Now I need to research when Rainbow was at Crossroads...  The ham may not be quite as old as I thought, but I'm pretty sure I bought it in the 20th century.

ETA: there's a registry number on the Hormel label.  So I will email/call Hormel and see if they can tell me when it was cured.  Might be fun to take the label to the SPAM museum and ask them there.  It's not far from here
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Re: 25 year old frozen ham
« Reply #27 on: December 25, 2018, 04:01:19 PM »
Here's Bob eating the feet from his ham.


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Re: 25 year old frozen ham
« Reply #28 on: December 25, 2018, 05:59:22 PM »
LMFAO!
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Re: 25 year old frozen ham
« Reply #29 on: December 25, 2018, 08:31:56 PM »
Down the friggin rabbit hole..  Just watched that redneck eat some kind of hot pepper and puke in a bucket for 8 min.
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Re: 25 year old frozen ham
« Reply #30 on: December 27, 2018, 09:08:39 PM »
So, I've been dying to know if this thing was actually edible...

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Re: 25 year old frozen ham
« Reply #31 on: December 27, 2018, 09:17:19 PM »
So, I've been dying to know if this thing was actually edible...

I'm thawing it in the fridge, so it's thawing slowly.  It was still partially frozen this morning but it feels thawed now; I will open it tomorrow.  I will also call Hormel with the registry number and see if they can tell me a cure date.  I just finished brewing a batch of beer and cleaning up, otherwise I'd open the ham tonight.  (where's the :lazy: smiley?)
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Re: Re: 25 year old frozen ham
« Reply #32 on: December 28, 2018, 10:58:51 AM »
Down the friggin rabbit hole..  Just watched that redneck eat some kind of hot pepper and puke in a bucket for 8 min.
You should see the one where he waxes his balls.

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Re: 25 year old frozen ham
« Reply #33 on: December 28, 2018, 12:02:36 PM »
[ignoring that last post]  I unwrapped the ham this morning.  I sent an email form to Hormel requesting information and should get a reply back in a few days.  I took pictures of the labels, and of the unwrapped ham, and will post them when I figure out where Android stores them in the cloud and how to get a shareable link.

The ham has no freezer-burn, and it smells like ham.  There was about an ounce of juice in the package, which I think is normal.  The dogs are very interested in it.  My brother says he thinks it's going to taste like "freezer", but I don't think cryovac plastic is that permeable.

Now to go slice into it...
 
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Re: 25 year old frozen ham
« Reply #34 on: December 28, 2018, 02:35:35 PM »
I got a reply back already from Hormel:
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Mr. Zxcvbob,

Thank you for contacting us.

Art Goembel was the Curemaster from 1990-2001. We would not recommend using the ham. For best flavor and quality you should only freeze the ham for up to 2 months.

Please visit our web site for suggestions and recipes featuring our products.

I sliced a little piece off of the ham and fried it.  The texture might be a bit off from freezing, but it tastes fine.  It wasn't that good a ham to start with.  I've cubed a pound of it to saute with a chopped onion and bayleaf, then make navy bean soup on it.

I'm also looking for some good ham meatball recipes (using a mixture of ham and ground beef), and trying to figure out whether to drag out the meat grinder or just use a food processor.
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Re: 25 year old frozen ham
« Reply #35 on: December 28, 2018, 02:50:03 PM »
So, "only" 18 - 28 year old ham huh. Yeah, why not?
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Re: 25 year old frozen ham
« Reply #36 on: December 28, 2018, 03:19:24 PM »
Speaking as a trained scientist and risk manager, I would have fed a test sample to the dogs first. Or possibly the spouse, depending on where she rates versus the dogs.
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Re: 25 year old frozen ham
« Reply #37 on: December 28, 2018, 04:21:44 PM »
I got a reply back already from Hormel:
I sliced a little piece off of the ham and fried it.  The texture might be a bit off from freezing, but it tastes fine.  It wasn't that good a ham to start with.  I've cubed a pound of it to saute with a chopped onion and bayleaf, then make navy bean soup on it.

I'm also looking for some good ham meatball recipes (using a mixture of ham and ground beef), and trying to figure out whether to drag out the meat grinder or just use a food processor.


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Re: 25 year old frozen ham
« Reply #38 on: December 28, 2018, 08:21:04 PM »
Speaking as a trained scientist and risk manager, I would have fed a test sample to the dogs first. Or possibly the spouse, depending on where she rates versus the dogs.

Don't you dare test it on those poor dogs!
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Re: 25 year old frozen ham
« Reply #39 on: December 29, 2018, 08:24:58 AM »
I could not help but notice that it has now been over 24 hours since he tried the ham, and no followup posts from zxcvbob.  Hmmm.
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Re: Re: 25 year old frozen ham
« Reply #40 on: December 29, 2018, 09:26:47 AM »
I could not help but notice that it has now been over 24 hours since he tried the ham, and no followup posts from zxcvbob.  Hmmm.
Probably making Mike's recent prep look tame

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Re: 25 year old frozen ham
« Reply #41 on: December 29, 2018, 10:23:33 AM »
Im seeing no upside and a lot of potential downside to this self experimentation.

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Re: 25 year old frozen ham
« Reply #42 on: December 29, 2018, 11:08:20 AM »
Sorry to disappoint y'all, (no I'm not) but the beans I cooked last night with a bunch of ham in them turned out really good. 

I sliced a 1/4" thick steak off the ham this morning and fried it, and I just put biscuits in the oven.  I have nibbled on the fried ham while waiting for the biscuits, and it's not great but there's nothing really wrong with it except it's too lean and a little too salty.

Still working on a ham ball recipe; combining meatloaf, ham loaf, and meatball recipes in my head.  I think 2 lbs of ham and 1 lb of 80% lean hamburger (and bread crumbs, 2 eggs, grated onion, mustard, etc) might work, but I'm a little worried about all the salt.
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Re: 25 year old frozen ham
« Reply #43 on: December 29, 2018, 02:56:16 PM »
  If you put it on youtube ( next time ) you can be a ham while eating ham!
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Re: 25 year old frozen ham
« Reply #44 on: December 29, 2018, 03:00:51 PM »
Take a toilet pick a few hours after and it will be a SPAM post!
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Re: 25 year old frozen ham
« Reply #45 on: December 31, 2018, 11:55:33 AM »
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Re: 25 year old frozen ham
« Reply #46 on: December 31, 2018, 02:35:15 PM »
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Re: 25 year old frozen ham
« Reply #47 on: January 01, 2019, 01:47:16 AM »
I'll believe it when someone eats it and survives.

For general edibility testing purposes, I'd also require them also not throwing up or developing an intestinal illness from it, even if they survive.

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Re: 25 year old frozen ham
« Reply #48 on: January 01, 2019, 09:38:55 PM »
https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/worlds-oldest-edible-ham?

Oldest edible ham

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Re: 25 year old frozen ham
« Reply #49 on: January 01, 2019, 11:08:56 PM »
Well it’s been a few days. .....?


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