Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Canning Ham

I had previously purchased a large Farmer John ham for about 60% off cost with the idea of canning the meat. I cut off large chunks of the ham, diced it into 1" pieces and placed into a heavy pot with some water. While I prepared the jars for canning, I brought the water up to a simmer, which created a nice ham broth. I wasn't cooking anything, but wanted heat up the ham to process it.
I divided the ham between five jars, poured in the broth, and processed the bottles at 10# for 90 minutes.
So simple, and much better than anything I can purchase in a metal can. We now have canned ham that can easily be added to soups, casseroles, scrambled eggs and other foods.

1 comment:

  1. Did you try one of the bottles? I wonder what the texture is like since it is a precooked meat?

    Cathy E.

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