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[kath]

7. you can get a LOT of meals out of a ham.

Spent about $13 on a butt-(oops, is that sexist? ) portion half ham a couple weeks ago.
Hubby baked it with some potatoes and onions and made gravy, had some butternut squash and corn for side dishes.
We ate that for at least 2 dinners, probably 3. (Just the two of us at home now) Also had 3 or 4 ham sandwiches (I had a ham and cheese panini - yum) total those first few days, plus a breakfast of some fried ham, potatoes and oatmeal. Dinner one night was sandwiches with some soup from a mix.
Toward the end of that week I made a batch of scalloped potatoes with ham. Had that for dinner 2 nights, (with salad or some vegetable on the side) plus hubby had some for lunch a couple of times.
Then, with the ham bone, which still had a fair amount of meat on it, I made Ham and Cabbage (pretty much like Corned Beef and Cabbage) - boil the ham bone in water with some onions and a bay leaf for 2-3 hours to make a nice broth, cut the meat off the bone and trim off fat, then add potatoes and carrots (green beans are good too). Cook until the veggies are nearly tender, then add a head of cabbage cut into wedges toward the end, since it cooks quickly. Serve with some bread to soak up the yummy broth. That gave us 3 more dinners.

A lot of delicious meals from one $13 ham!