Ham economics

moggins

The Kenwood electric slicer on Amazon retails at £27.82 and it's free postage. This might seem like a large outlay to begin with but it will enable you to get loads more slices off a joint and it can be used to slice home made bread too so you can slice more thinly.

lynzpower

I might get one of those thanks Moggins, I was just looking elsewhere and saw many higher prices than that!

thriftlady_2

moggins wrote:

The Kenwood electric slicer on Amazon retails at £27.82 and it's free postage. This might seem like a large outlay to begin with but it will enable you to get loads more slices off a joint and it can be used to slice home made bread too so you can slice more thinly.

How safe are they Moggins ?

moggins

If you're sensible about it then they are no more dangerous than anything else with a blade including a knife. The thing you want to slice, sits in a sort of carriage thing which you push towards the blade, there is no actual need to get your fingers anywhere near the blade and it all comes apart afterwards for cleaning.

apprentice_tycoon

Plus there is a safety feature for kids - you have to press 2 buttons together to get the motor to start

TKP_3

I am now seriously thinking of getting one. The pictures on amazon are great - different views of the slicer so you can see how it works.

shell2001

I have been doing this for a few months now. I buy small joints of ham that I roast and then we have a main meal from it and I slice the rest up for sandwiches, pizza, pasta dishes etc.

I also bought the kenwood slicer but I got mine from Empire stores was £20 and I used a £10 off code (was very happy!!). It is fab!! Is used everyday for cutting HM bread and then for cutting joints.

I never liked the slimey feel of plastic ham and I am much happier knowing my girls are eating "nothing added" meat.

I slice my ham and freeze in half pound lots wrapped in foil (value). Take a pack of and is defrosed in a couple of hours.

HTH

organic_wanabe

I've been slicing my own ham for around 9 months now with great success. It keeps for about a week in the fridge (if it lasts that long) and also freezes well. I tend to start it in the slow cooker (to get a ham stock) then remove it and put it in an ovenproof dish and cover with a couple of spoonfuls of treacle (or any glaze you fancy) and stick it in the oven for 30 mins or so. When I'm feeling the need to economise, and if I'm passing, I buy one from Lidl's at around the £4 mark (unsmoked) and it is equally tasty.

thriftlady_2

organic_wanabe wrote:

I've been slicing my own ham for around 9 months now with great success. It keeps for about a week in the fridge (if it lasts that long) and also freezes well. I tend to start it in the slow cooker (to get a ham stock) QUOTE]

Oh yes, good point. If you cook ham yourself you get lovely stock for free, making the whole cost even less :T

jessicamb

I noticed this a while ago with beef - the Tesco finest type costs around £2.50 - £3 for a couple of slices of beef that is just the same quality as I would have cooked from a standard joint :eek: where I could get at least three times the amount from a normal £5 joint of beef.

Also with gammon its supposed to be cheaper to buy a joint and cut your own gammon steaks but I havent costed that one out yet.


I'm very tempted by a slicer too as doorstep sandwhiches arent that convenient for work