How to Carve a Ham

brown sugar

🥗Healthier: coconut sugar

💰Cheaper: white sugar

Coconut sugar has a lower glycemic index.

honey

🥗Healthier: agave syrup

💰Cheaper: corn syrup

Agave syrup is lower in calories.

pineapple juice

🥗Healthier: orange juice

💰Cheaper: apple juice

Orange juice offers a similar sweetness.

mustard

🥗Healthier: honey mustard

💰Cheaper: yellow mustard

Honey mustard adds sweetness without extra cost.

Identify the shank bone of the ham.

Turn the ham on its flat side.

Using a carving fork and carving knife, make one cut perpendicular into the ham down the shank side until you hit the bone.

Make another cut at a 45° angle to create a wedge of ham.

Remove the wedge of ham and set it aside.

Begin to carve the ham slice by slice using long, thin strokes, stopping when you hit the bone.

Turn the ham if necessary to make carving easier.

After slicing around the ham, make one long cut against the bone to release the meat from the bone.

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