I thought this year I would do something different and shop in town for a ham. It was on sale for 89 cents a pound and now I can clearly see why. I looked through the hams and thought they looked kind of fatty. I thought ok maybe it’s just that front part and the rest would be fine.

Well I bought a Cook’s Ham with a bone in it. Shank Portion maybe I am stupid and it’s suppose to be really fatty. However, I won’t knock Cook’s Ham because they really do have some great hams and when someone mentions Cooks Ham around here people say it’s good. That’s why I bought it.

Well I made my ham like I do every Christmas Day and had my husband start cutting into it. I said wow that’s a lot of fat. The further and further he got into the ham it was even more fattier. There was a major HUGE chunk that was all fat. Imagine if my inlaws would have been here I would have been mortified. As there may not have been enough ham.

I am serious not kidding you the ham was MORE fat then meat. How disappointing is that especially when you plan on making left overs and soup. I can tell you there isn’t anything left to the almost 10lb ham we got. The sad thing is my husband dropped the first plate with the best cuts on the floor so when he cut around the second time well there wasn’t cuts like the first.

I seriously hope your dinner was better then ours. On a good note the Cherry Fluff and Cheesy Crockpot Potatoes were AWESOME! Next year I think I will go with a Spiral Ham!

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