Asda Extra Special Ham - Was £15 now £5

ben500

valerie1234 wrote: »

I buy this product every week pre sliced (the only difference is that this one is in a joint), it is exactly the same taste, texture and origin (not Irish)

How do you know it's not Irish out of interest?

valerie1234

because it says British pork on the label

dougs

valerie1234 wrote: »

because it says British pork on the label

but Ireland, being part of the United Kingdom of Britain, can also be classed as British so the term British on the packaging does not necessarily denote it was produced on the UK mainland. It could very well be from Ireland.

tcall

*wakes from coma*

Ireland is part of Britain???

suewiththeblues

i have used some for sandwiches and put some into a pea and ham soup buy by god is it salty any other ideas to use this up?

rockyrose

dougs wrote: »

but Ireland, being part of the United Kingdom of Britain, can also be classed as British so the term British on the packaging does not necessarily denote it was produced on the UK mainland. It could very well be from Ireland.

We live in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and NORTHERN IRELAND.
Ireland/ Eire is a republic, it has a president. The Queen is not the head of state of Eire.

ben500

valerie1234 wrote: »

because it says British pork on the label

I was afraid that would be your answer.

1carminestocky

Seems like a lot of bother over a bit of ham, lol . I was reminded of this thread whilst watching Lee Mack Live on Sky+ last night and he was having a go at the French who criticise the quality of our food and his argument was you wouldn't get a French kid experiencing the unbridled joy of coming home from school to see his mum was warming up some beans for his tea and then realising the beans had little sausages in them. :rotfl:

On topic: I got one of these last week but not had a taste yet so will reserve judgment but I can't say I'm going to be smug or devastated depending on its taste/quality. It won't single-handedly make or break my Xmas is what I'm attempting to say..

ben500

I suppose it's just a simple coincidence that a week after the pork contamination scare that thousands upon thousands of these "joints" have appeared at supposedly knock down prices in Asda chillers.

LICAPICA

I just bought one of these to serve up to guests with cheese pate and grapes etc. Thanks OP

Looks ok and probably tastes great too (I don't really like meat) but the packaging clearly states formed from British pork on the label.

Hope this helps someone.