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about How to Cook a Ham
just bought my first country ham, i have heard they are salty, how do i get some or all the salt out should it be fried or baked? and how
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Country ham is very salty, and has to be soaked to get some of the salt out. Put it in a big bucket, and change the water twice a day for several days.
You can't really fry the whole ham. It's typically cooked in a sweet sauce, often made from cider or soda. I suppose you could try deep frying the whole thing like a turkey, but you'd miss out on the sauce, which is important: even after soaking it's still salty, and the sweet sauce helps cut that. Soaking and baking instructions:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/country-ham-recipe/index.html
You can't really fry the whole ham. It's typically cooked in a sweet sauce, often made from cider or soda. I suppose you could try deep frying the whole thing like a turkey, but you'd miss out on the sauce, which is important: even after soaking it's still salty, and the sweet sauce helps cut that. Soaking and baking instructions:
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/alton-brown/country-ham-recipe/index.html
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