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Can I cook ham when its been in an oven full of gas?
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iscamaid
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This is a really odd question but I have just come home from a school event after leaving a large joint of ham in the oven for 2 hours to find a house filled with gas. The ignition has stopped working on the oven and instead of igniting it has spent 2 hours filling the house and oven with gas. Obviously I have opened all the windows and de-gassed the house. Now I am looking at a large and expensive joint of ham (which I can ill afford to throw) which has been in a gas filled oven for 2 hours. Ok if its well washed and boiled can it be eaten?????
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Should be OK as long as you light the gas (sorry)This is an open forum, anyone can post and I just did !0
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tbh - I would be worried about the meat absorbing chemicals from the gas - if you had said five or ten minutes - but TWO HOURS? I would chuck it - reluctantly, but I wouldn't take the chance!
and after two hours in a gas chamber - I doubt very much it would taste good!0 -
The ham will be ok. I would be worried that the oven leaked gas for two hours. Modern gas systems should shut off the supply if no pilot or ignition occurs.0
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Gas is non toxic. Nothing wrong with it. It's only lethal when burnt...especially in a house full of it. Or burnt without enough oxygen creating carbon monoxide.:footie:
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I think I would cook it, but sample it for funny "gas smell" taste before serving.0
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I'd probably soak it for a couple of hours just to be on the safe side,that should get rid of any lingering 'niffs' but I wouldn't chuck it that would be so wasteful0
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I has no blood supply.. it is dead.. it won't absorb anything.. give it a rinse and get it cooked.LB moment 10/06 Debt Free date 6/6/14Hope to be debt free until the day I dieMortgage-free Wannabee (05/08/30)6/6/14 £72,454.65 (5.65% int.)08/12/2023 £33602.00 (4.81% int.)0
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