How long before ham goes bad?

Pico and ME · 02-07-2010, 12:07 PM

The soup thread has reminded me that I was going to use leftover ham to make bean soup. However, I had forgotten about it for so long Im wondering if the ham is still good to use. Besides smell, is there any other way I can be sure it is still ok? (BTW - Its been in a baggie since Christmas....

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jinx · 02-07-2010, 12:19 PM

Since xmas?! My vote is for chucking it.

squirell nutkin · 02-07-2010, 01:21 PM

when in doubt, throw it out.

Pico and ME · 02-07-2010, 02:20 PM

Aw...shit.

classicman · 02-07-2010, 02:27 PM

frozen or in the fridge? Cooked or not?

Pico and ME · 02-07-2010, 02:50 PM

Cooked..in the fridge. I haven't smelled it yet...just a tad reluctant too. But I was just wondering when i get around to doing that, and it still smells fine, what then?

wishful thinking...

DucksNuts · 02-07-2010, 03:11 PM

Manky ham goes crystally, but I wouldn't be touching it this long after Xmas.

glatt · 02-07-2010, 03:41 PM

This is February. Toss it.

classicman · 02-07-2010, 04:02 PM

Fridge???????????? Goodbye.

Pico and ME · 02-07-2010, 04:05 PM

OK. :bigpout:

I could kick myself for waiting so long.

lumberjim · 02-07-2010, 04:13 PM

5 days is my maximum for well cooked meat. 2 or 3 for rare meat or fish. I don't think I'd eat month old frozen ham much less that shit.

monster · 02-07-2010, 05:22 PM

good grief, you're worse than us! toss it out. ugh.

skysidhe · 02-07-2010, 05:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pico and ME

OK. :bigpout:

I could kick myself for waiting so long.

I know. You see those shows of the hobos eating bad food and they never die.

Three days ! One day for fish or seafood or a week for those packaged deli slices like turkey.

squirell nutkin · 02-07-2010, 05:49 PM

Maybe should be "how long has this ham been bad?"

jinx · 02-07-2010, 05:56 PM

02-07-2010, 12:07 PM	#1
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	How long before ham goes bad? The soup thread has reminded me that I was going to use leftover ham to make bean soup. However, I had forgotten about it for so long Im wondering if the ham is still good to use. Besides smell, is there any other way I can be sure it is still ok? (BTW - Its been in a baggie since Christmas....)

02-07-2010, 12:19 PM	#2
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Since xmas?! My vote is for chucking it. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

02-07-2010, 01:21 PM	#3
squirell nutkin has a second hand user title Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: in a Nut House Posts: 2,017	when in doubt, throw it out. __________________ And now I'm finished posting.

02-07-2010, 02:27 PM	#5
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	frozen or in the fridge? Cooked or not? __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

02-07-2010, 04:02 PM	#9
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	Fridge???????????? Goodbye. __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

02-07-2010, 02:20 PM	#4
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	Aw...shit.

02-07-2010, 02:50 PM	#6
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	Cooked..in the fridge. I haven't smelled it yet...just a tad reluctant too. But I was just wondering when i get around to doing that, and it still smells fine, what then? wishful thinking...

02-07-2010, 03:11 PM	#7
DucksNuts Bitchy Little Brat Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Queensland, Australia Posts: 5,067	Manky ham goes crystally, but I wouldn't be touching it this long after Xmas.

02-07-2010, 03:41 PM	#8
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	This is February. Toss it.

02-07-2010, 04:05 PM	#10
Pico and ME Are you knock-kneed? Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Middle Hoosierland Posts: 3,549	OK. :bigpout: I could kick myself for waiting so long.

02-07-2010, 04:13 PM	#11
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	5 days is my maximum for well cooked meat. 2 or 3 for rare meat or fish. I don't think I'd eat month old frozen ham much less that shit. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

02-07-2010, 05:22 PM	#12
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	good grief, you're worse than us! toss it out. ugh. __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

02-07-2010, 05:49 PM	#14
squirell nutkin has a second hand user title Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: in a Nut House Posts: 2,017	Maybe should be "how long has this ham been bad?" __________________ And now I'm finished posting.

02-07-2010, 05:56 PM	#15
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	__________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

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