ljptexas

Does anyone know a way to remove too much sodium in some ham slices? I'm thinking boiling in water?
Help! !!!!

Phyllis nm

Boiling is what they do in the south, for a salt cured ham.

elnan

Find a health food deli or what you view as an up-scale deli and ask them for help. There are some brands that I just quit buying, such as Cooks. Costco has a Kirkland brand that is not as salty as most are. Although I have never been a fan of boiled ham, I am a southerner who has always loved salt pork in beans and greens. In the last year, I've started to parboil the pork, then add it to the beans and cook as usual.

QuiltE

I am guessing you are saying that too much sodium, as in too salty of a flavour for you?

If you boiled it, would you not be boiling the salt right back into it?

However, I am thinking that if you boiled it with some raw potato(es), the potatoes may soak up the excess sodium and help deplete the flavour in the meat. Bonus! mashed potatoes in the making!!

Just a guess on my part ................ anyone think this may work?

Eva Knight

Just wash it, then soak it for a bit. That will help some. I will wash, under running water, sliced ham if it is to salty, then dry with paper towels.

magpie

I add some pineapple juice to simmer in and takes saltiness away.

cjsews

My DH said to soak ham in milk to take the salt out. It works for country ham

trolleystation

Soak in cold water for 15 minutes, drain, soak again, drain soak again. Works for me.

Judith1005

I think slicing a potato and securing them in place on the ham with toothpicks before cooking will probably help. It is said, that if you over salt something, throw in potato slices, they absorb the salt. I'm just not sure if that would be enough. (Would have to experiment with it.)

Pennyhal

I was pleasantly surprised that my friend found a "low salt" ham at Costco. It gave the mg of sodium in three ounces. So I brought my kitchen scale along and we measured out 3 ounces for the people on low salt diets. It was a surprising amount of ham! A goodly portion.