Hi Dave,

 RH> The ham bone will be used for soup--after we take a bit more meat off
 RH> of it. It was taken home with a good bit of meat on, enough for a
 RH> couple of meals, chopped ham sandwiches or whatever before souping.
 RH> Trying to decide between lentil (have them on hand) or split pea
 RH> (need to get some peas, which can be done with other shopping).

 DD> Okay. that's more what I think of as a bone-in ham than a ham bone.
 DD> Bv)=

That's what it was. Some meat was taken off for Thanksgiving dinner and
afters bit was sent home with us with a good bit of meat still on it.


 RH> Today we cooked down the turkey carcass. Got a jam packed quart box of
 RH> meat, 3 not quite (to allow head room) quart boxes of stock in the
 RH> freezer and 3.5 quarts of stock to go into the fridge. Of all that,
 RH> about half the meat plus 1.5 fridge quarts will go into turkey soup
 RH> later this week, remainder of turkey plus some will go into turkey
 RH> casserole. Remainder of the fridge stock and frozen will be used in
 RH> various meals thru-out the winter.

 DD> Waste not, want not.

I was brought up on turkey soup for the post holiday bird, kept doing it
for my family. For just the 2 of us I still do it, and it lasts longer.
(G) I think Rachel (older daughter) does it now.


 DD> I sometimes buy ham bones from Humphrey's market as doggie treats.
 DD> I'll use them first to make a pot of this. There isn't a lot of meat
 DD> on each bone - but across three there is enough to spiff-up the soup.
 DD> Bv)=

 DD>       Title: Easy Slow-Cooker Ham Bone Soup
 DD>  Categories: Pork, Vegetables, Beans, Poutry
 DD>       Yield: 6 servings

 RH> We've no dogs but do use ham bones, as well as turkey or chicken bones
 RH> quite often during the year in our cooking. For poultry I season the
 RH> water for the stock with a bit of salt and some Bragg's Seasoning--a
 RH> veggie blend. When it gets made into soup, I'll add some turmeric, a
 RH> bit more salt and some pepper.

 DD> Soup is one of my favourite things to use up leftovers (or
 DD> plan-overs).

We've had quite the chilly spell since Thaksgiving, good for soups and
suchlike. Supposed to get into the mid 60s next week but then cool down
again. I think we'll be eating a lot of soup and such like this winter.


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Ruth
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