PRODUCT REVIEW: SAM'S CLUB FULLY COOKED HAM (SOLD AT WALMART, TOO)

If you only read one sentence of this post - read the next one.

I wouldn't feed this ham to a dog!

All my family was coming here for the Thanksgiving holiday.  I bought this ham at Walmart - it was to be my Thanksgiving dinner.  At the last minute I decided to cook a fresh turkey.  After all, what's Thanksgiving without a turkey!  Thank God I did!  (Cooked the turkey on the grill and it was to die for.)

Here's how you do THAT!

http://firebird-cooks.blogspot.com/2011/03/best-turkey-you-will-never-cook-in-your.html

Moving right along.....

Pulled out the ham yesterday and baked (reheated) it according to the package directions.  When I took it out of the oven for a taste test.... it had none!  I'm serious - the ham had no flavor AT ALL!  So I grabbed the 'enclosed packet of glaze' and put that on the ham and popped it back in the oven for the required 25 minutes.  Before that time was up, I knew I had made a terrible mistake - the smell of cloves was overwhelming.

Sure enough - took the ham out of the oven for another taste test.... OMG - it was disgusting.  After a wee panic attack, I started pulling out the leftovers from Thursday.  Fortunately I had cooked a big bird.  While I was reheating the sweet potato casserole, the dressing, and the turkey.... I had a thought....

Grabbed a large wire mesh colander that spans my sink - put the ham in it - and rinsed it from head to toe in hot water, removing as much of that disgusting glaze as I could - let the ham drain, and then patted it dry.  Basically a waste of time because the ham still reeked of cloves, but at least it was dry when I dumped it in the garbage.

I DID call Walmart and tell them about the ham, and said I'd be bringing it back one day next week in a garbage bag.  Luckily, they told me all I needed to do was the receipt and they would refund my $30.00

Happy belated Thanksgiving.....