How much water?!

Lardman · « **on:** June 18, 2011, 20:03 »

Gammon Joint from a well know supermarket. Uncooked weight 1.125kg Roasted in the oven (170deg) with 250ml of water, covered in foil for 1hr 10mins.

Does anyone want to guess the cooked weight.

mumofstig · « **Reply #1 on:** June 18, 2011, 20:10 »

about 750g

Yorkie · « **Reply #2 on:** June 18, 2011, 20:13 »

I'm going to go lower, lower. 650g?

Springlands · « **Reply #3 on:** June 18, 2011, 20:14 »

Lower again - 600g.

Yorkie · « **Reply #4 on:** June 18, 2011, 20:16 »

Argh, Lardman's gone offline without letting us know the answer

Springlands · « **Reply #5 on:** June 18, 2011, 20:18 »

Must be eating his gammon

mumofstig · « **Reply #6 on:** June 18, 2011, 20:18 »

But it's nothing unusual for any cooked meat to weigh a lot less after it's been cooked, it's normal.

Try weighing a joint or a turkey after cooking

and don't forget all the fat that runs out into the pan

Lardman · « **Reply #7 on:** June 18, 2011, 20:31 »

Your all very close - I was flabbergasted, must just be me.

I know theres a goodly amount of water in there and expected some weight loss. The final cooked weight was ...... 632g it shrivelled to nothing. (Stop laughing at the back ! )

Turned a nice joint of meat into something I've had to carve thinly so I could get 3 dinners out of it.

None left for sandwiches or even for the chicken and ham pie I had planned.

mumofstig · « **Reply #8 on:** June 18, 2011, 20:39 »

Quote from: Lardman on June 18, 2011, 20:31

Turned a nice joint of meat into something I've had to carve thinly so I could get 3 dinners out of it. None left for sandwiches or even for the chicken and ham pie I had planned.

Now I am laughing at that comment, sorry ....can't help it

3 dinners, sandwiches and some left for a pie from a starting weight of 1.125

Yorkie · « **Reply #9 on:** June 18, 2011, 20:48 »

I only guessed that low because you appeared so flabbergasted!

Lardman · « **Reply #10 on:** June 18, 2011, 21:24 »

Quote from: mumofstig on June 18, 2011, 20:39

3 dinners, sandwiches and some left for a pie from a starting weight of 1.125

Was I being optimistic MoS ? I thought Id get 3 good fat horizontal slices for 3 dinners, 1 thin horizontal slice for a sandwich tomorrow and then cut the the rest vertically into strips for the pie. I know I can be a little economical with meat but I thought Id got it covered.

mumofstig · « **Reply #11 on:** June 18, 2011, 21:38 »

I'm not suggesting we have to follow the guidelines, but I had a look at what a 'normal' size portion of meat was reckoned to be, for catering

It's about 120g per person ( which seems about right...a lb for 4 people was always the rule of thumb when I cooked for a family)
so in theory your joint should serve 5 people

Aside from that I think you were a tad optimistic, anyway

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