Something for the meat-eaters

There is now only the one meat-eater in the house and although he is generally happy with my vegan dinners he doesn't like to be deprived of a good ham sandwich.


Obviously we couldn't just buy a loaf of sliced-white and a packet of wafer-thin ham slices, oh no, not us. I mean, have you seen the price of cooked meat! So instead we bake our own bread and make some special ham. Here's a our normal loaf - half wholemeal and half white flour.

For the ham SkullC likes to buy a big piece of uncooked ham and we cook it ourselves. Now SkullC likes nice sweet ham so we cook 'Ham in Cola'. It's really easy:

Stick your ham into a big pan, cut up an onion and chuck that in too. Then pour in a big bottle of cola (not diet) and put the lid on.


Then simply bring to the boil, reduce to a simmer and cook for around 2 hours (or the time given on the packet). When cooked just remove from the liquid and allow to cool before shredding for sandwiches. This was today's very un-vegan sandwich of cheese, ham and mayo on homemade bread (SkullC doesn't really understand vegetables).

This saves lots of money compared to the pre-sliced stuff you get in the supermarket. I also used to do this as party dish - just take the cooked ham out of the pan and place in a foil-lined tray, spread with mustard and black treacle and roast in a very hot oven for about 20 minutes.

Delicious, well, I used like it and SkullC says its the best ham he has ever had! But nowadays, SkullA and I are trying not gag at all the meat pictures and promise to post something vegan soon!.

Twinkle