[Sca-cooks] SPIROL CUT HAM

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Ah! Now that makes perfect sense!!
Thank you My lord Baron!!  :-)
Have happy holidays!
Phillipa

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>     The way it's cut is the butcher puts each end of the ham bone in a
> spindle, like a lathe. It's turned, and a blade descends the ham as it
> turns - cutting slices, but not from the bone. Technically, it's one long
> spiral if you remove it carefully from the bone. I've always thought you
> could use that decoratively . . .
>      The ham retains its shape, and you then carve it parallel to the bone,
> so you get nice, even slices.
>