I have a large ham

[karadinart]

I wanted to buy a meal from the local deli and not cook for Xmas, but spouses work gave him a large ham, soooo, anyone have ideas for sides?

Thanks!

Comments

[shadowvalkyrie.livejournal.com]

My instinct is potato dumplings and sauerkraut or red kraut, but that may be a German thing. ;)

[shezan.livejournal.com]

Chestnut purée! In NY I used to find French canned chestnut purée that was marvellous, and you just need to spice & re-heat it. (Add a little milk or cream; salt, pepper, ground cloves, et voilà!)

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

Biscuits, maybe with diced green onions in them, and green beans?

[sabrinaphynn.livejournal.com]

I'd go with scalloped potatoes . Layered sliced potatoes, onions, and white sauce, maybe cheese sauce. A big green salad. Something to absorb and counteract all that salt.

[mrsr58.livejournal.com]

i usually roast garnet yams; roasted root veggies too (balsamic dressing: 2/3 cup good olive oil 1/4 cup balsamic vineger 2 garlic cloves, pressed or finely chopped 2 tsp Dijon mustard juice of 1 lemon 1 TBS Worcestershire sauce 1/2 cup basil, chiffonades).

discard that sugar mix pack that came with the ham; if you can get ahold of this, it's THE BEST ham glaze around:
http://boarshead.com/products/condiments/957-brown-sugar-spice-ham-glaze-cooking-sauce-11oz

[tripleransom.livejournal.com]

My tradition would call for candied sweet potatoes, (no mini marshmallows, though!) collards, and biscuits.

[celtic2pict.livejournal.com]

Over here we would have it cold with lot's of salads, fresh crunchy bread and lots of sides (cold of cours) - probably not ideal for your side of the world!

But for left-overs try ham quiche (with or without crusts), toasted ham and anything (cheese, tomato, mushrooms etc) sandwiches (delicious with home made soup), pea & ham soup; ham savoury muffins; pasta with diced ham and broccoli in a creamy sauce(drool) or cut chunks up and freeze portions so you don't have ham every night! You could also ask Mr Google for ideas?