[Sca-cooks] Meat: Cooked vs. Raw, & Waste

[margali]

interesting sounding version of pernam, but the fggs and honey arent 
packed into sllits, per recipe the ham is cooked with figs, then the 
skin pulled/cut off, cut into pioeces, marinated in honey and then 
studded into the pastry wrapping the ham...an i interpret it not as a 
picknic ham, but a simple leg fo fresh non-preserved pork...
margali

lilinah at earthlink.net wrote:
> Finally, ham - i want 10 chunks (one for each tables), which will be simmered with herbs and spices and figs, then drained, slits cut it it and have figs and honey packed into the slits, then wrapped in pastry and baked. This is tricky, since big hams come on a bone. I was told there is about 5-6 lb bone in a 20-25 lb ham. Is there some kind of ham that isn't rubbery (like canned hams often are) and might be cheaper?