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Bearthebear
Bearthebear Posts: 8
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
I have a ham from a local humane farmer. I have a regular diet that does not include ham, however, it has been in my freezer for a while and I do not want it to go to waste so I figured I would just cook it up today and slice it for sandwiches over the next few days. Now, my only problem is how to track it. I have look at entries for "ham" in the database, and there are so many variations on the fat and sodium content, I just do not know what to go with. I have had bacon from them before, and the salt level was fairly low... so I am thinking the ham will be the same. Not totally sure though...

This is a really difficult question I know, but any advice on how to try to log this, to maybe get it close? I know it will be mostly a guess, but if anyone has any informed opinion on how these hams might be prepared that would help. Otherwise Ill just put any old ham entry, I guess. I suppose a few days of perhaps being way off won't kill me.

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  • ana3067
    ana3067 Posts: 5,623 Member
    USDA, search for the type of ham you are eating, and for the state (cooked or raw) in which you are weighing it.
  • Bearthebear
    Bearthebear Posts: 8
    Hmmmmmm. Not even sure what cut it is... it has a bone through it, that would be a shoulder maybe? Also I am in Ontario, Canada. The ham was raised, slaughtered cured and cooked by independent farmers, so I am not sure USDA guidelines would apply.
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