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Conference turris::cooks

Title:	How to Make them Goodies
Notice:	Please Don't Start New Notes for Old Topics! Check 5.*
Moderator:	FUTURE::DDESMAISONSec.com::winalski

Created:	Wed Feb 19 1986
Last Modified:	Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	4127
Total number of notes:	31160

3813.0. "Eeeew, ham tastes too salty any more!" by KISMIF::TURNER (Jim, TME/ Mfg Sys Sw E) Wed Jun 16 1993 23:37

    Years ago our favorite way to eat fiddleheads was with ham, but our
    tastes have changed as we experimented, used more fresh stuff, and
    started choosing our convenience food from the "healthy" varieties.
    
    Now we've got some [f.h.] again, and I find I can't face plain salty ham,
    which I realize we also haven't eaten in years.  They're wilting in the
    fridge while I enjoy myself reading about all kinds of ham topics.  I
    saw the notes in 2170.some and 2827.few about soaking, in water or
    milk, with heat or not... anybody else know if that's the best thing?
    If it's ever bad?  Any other approach?  Do they make low-salt ham?
    (I haven't even looked on the "diet" shelves, I distrust everything
    there instinctually but shouldn't let that stop me...)
    
    The notes on soaking make me pretty sure what it was that happened the
    day we thought to jazz up our favorite canned pea soup with some
    leftover ham -- inedibly salty result.  (Natch, I guess)
    
    Of course, alternative suggestions on what to accompany with
    fiddleheads would work, too!  (Hmm, that idea for pork roast in the
    crockpot, with lots of garlic, ...hoo boy)

T.R	Title	User	Personal Name	Date	Lines
3813.1	me, I love the stuff	GOLLY::CARROLL	something inside so strong	`Thu Jun 17 1993 14:59`	5
	Yes, there are low-salt hams...I haven't tried them, as salt is one my remaining vice, but in my ham-perusals I haven't definitely seem such a thing. D!
3813.2	Just curious	BSS::MARAFINE	Dare to Dream...	`Fri Jun 18 1993 17:37`	6
	Okay, call me clueless, but...! What are fiddleheads? -L
3813.3	baby fern plants	COAL05::WHITMAN	Acid Rain Burns my Bass	`Fri Jun 18 1993 17:50`	10
	< What are fiddleheads? baby ferns... When ferns first emerge the leaf end of the plant is all rolled up in a spiral, like the tuning peg end (head) of a violin (fiddle) so they are called fiddleheads. Al
3813.4	no ham,no salt	KAOFS::M_BARNEY	Formerly Ms.Fett	`Fri Jun 18 1993 21:11`	10
3813.5		RANGER::PESENTI	And the winner is....	`Tue Jun 22 1993 11:50`	10
	Hi Jim! A lot of stores carry low salt ham in the deli section for sandwiches. You can always ask them for a thick slice if the recipe calls for cubed ham. Don't forget a little of the salt goes towards counteracting the bitterness of the veggie. -JP
3813.6	<warning: postscript concerning low-salt cottage cheese>	KISMIF::TURNER	Jim, TME/ Mfg Sys Sw E	`Tue Jun 22 1993 23:36`	17
	JP, sounds as though you imagine me with a recipe for a dish that includes both ham and fiddleheads -- and as I think about it, I wish I did have one! Gladly would I post, and gladly read... I had forgotten about the lo-salt corner of the deli counter (and shouldn't, in general) but since I was just thinking about something to accompany with the f.h., I think I'll take heart from .1 and look more. P.S. the Hood (Nuform) people finally came up with a cottage cheese that doesn't taste too salty -- it's non-fat and if anything tastes too SWEET. Has to sit in the fridge for a[n unfortunately variable] number of weeks past the last-sale date before it even tastes like cheese. I get to mention that here, because there isn't a cottage cheese note per se (oops, I forgot to dir/title="ketchup" or "Nixon") and anyone reading this far must be presumed to have at least a tolerance for, if not an actual interest in, matters low-sodium. Thanks, all