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Can I cook ham when its been in an oven full of gas?

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?????

Skint mum of 2!

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  • bryanb
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    Should be OK as long as you light the gas (sorry)
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  • meritaten
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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!
  • Blackbeard_of_Perranporth
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    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.
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  • HappyMJ
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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.
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  • Helen2k8
    Helen2k8 Posts: 361 Forumite
    I think I would cook it, but sample it for funny "gas smell" taste before serving.
  • [Deleted User]
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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 wasteful
  • pigpen
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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.
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  • Steve059
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    edited 21 March 2013 at 1:47PM
    pigpen wrote: »
    I has no blood supply.. it is dead.. it won't absorb anything.. give it a rinse and get it cooked.

    And if it wasn't dead before, it is now.

    I've taken the liberty of examing this ham joint. Hello, piggy! :)
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