Do You Like a Good Ham Salad?

Love ham salad!

Mayo and sweet relish on toast.

*cough*

I haven't made ham salad sandwiches since Mother died in 1977

Well, I've never had one, but I do occasionally purchase ham salad from a local store that has a really outstanding deli. They make their own ham salad, and I just spread it on crackers for a snack. I can make out the ham, pickles, and mayonnaise, but nothing else.

Ham salad is the one thing that is actually better with Miracle Whip than real mayonnaise

Gross! NO!

I don’t understand the question and I don’t care to respond.

I prefer Ham Biscuits.

[quote]Good Ham Salad

Contradiction in terms. Make a sandwich.

Secret ingredient for Ham Salad to die for: 2 tablespoons of Karo™ corn syrup

Yes, but it is rather hard to find. Ham loaf (similar to meat loaf) is also good IMO.

Yes, r11 !

I much prefer Pork Salad Sandwiches, I take left over pork roast, the white meat and grind it up, add mayo, celery, sweet relish, some cut up hard boiled eggs, some pecans chopped up and put it on Hawaiian Bread. It is the best of the salad sandwiches, IMHO.

the Hawaiian Bread is key here. Almost like ham & pineapple on pizza

What the fuck is ham salad??

OMG. I adore ham salad. There is a small market in my hometown that makes that shit. My mom always has a quart of it in the fridge when I drop in.

I love ham salad. I had forgotten it even existed - I haven't had that in years.

R15, Here's an example. I had trouble finding a recipe that doesn't included hard-boiled eggs. I've always eaten it on crackers, and I like it as a sandwich on a croissant. I only know of one deli that sells it.

With hard-boiled eggs, pickles, MiracleWhip. Yup. Mom used to make it.

The only ham salad that I ever encountered was a rather repulsive mayo slop (and I like mayo as a rule) that one of my grandmother's bridge partners used to bring to a cover dish at her house when I was a child in the late 1980's. From the best that I can deduce - it had peas, hard boiled egg yolks (and maybe whites), pickles and tons of Miracle Whip with ham chunks floating in it. I believe it was served with club crackers. As a kid I avoided it like the plague, but since so many rave about it here - perhaps I would give it a try? Not an appealing looking dish - that is for sure. R13's version sounds much more appetizing.

I like the kind in a can. Underwood Devil on crackers.

Yes! Love it. Try the little I.G.A. No. Main, East Hampton, NY

I have to say I’ve never heard of it - and I love ham (and mayo and eggs and pickles for that matter). Honestly though chunks of ham in mayo sounds slightly gross.

Cubans make a good pork sandwich r13 although your version sounds good too.

My grandmother made it for me all the time--back in the 1980s in Milwaukee. It was served a lot in the luncheon-type restaurants there, back then.

r21=Mason Reese

R21, I like Underwood Deviled Ham, too. Fun fact!: the Underwood devil logo was trademarked in 1870, and is the oldest food trademark still in use in the US.

Well, Miracle Whip has gotten several mentions on this thread. And, although this will scandalize DL, it really does seem to work better than mayonnaise. Miracle Whip is sweeter and more acidic, which makes a much better contrast to the saltiness of the ham.

It's ok as long as you use actual cubed ham.

One summer during college I worked in an Italian deli. I had to be there at 5 AM to get the deli ready to open and I had to grind meat for ground beef and make various salads and ham salad was one of them. I hated making it but it sure tasted good! People brought it by the butt load! I don’t remember what we put in it though.

It was at this deli I was introduced to fried bologna (yummy)and head cheese (so gross especially when you had to slice it when you were hung over). Good times!

My college cafeteria used to serve the most amazing ham salad. I've never been able to replicate it. Cubed ham with white rice, peas and finely chopped onion. There may have been Miracle Whip in the dressing, because it had a slightly sweet taste. I also remember the dressing was pale orange-red in color (from carrots perhaps?). There were no pickles or hard-boiled eggs. Does this sound familiar to anyone?

R30 - I have no idea, but the pale orange color might have been due to a mix of the boiled egg yolks combined with the the ham's color (juice that either leached out or the ham "stock" that might have been added in) mixed with the mayo. I agree with the above posters when I remember that this one one "salad" that always seemed to use Miracle Whip or at least a regular mayo mixed with sugar...

one one = was one

R27, thank you for that info, that’s a neat fact.. I love the stuff so much that I rarely ever buy it anymore because I’ll just end up eating the whole can, spread on saltines. I guess once every few years I buy some.

Sounds counterintuitive

There's nothing I love to bite into more than delicious HAM SANDWICH--dripping with lady mayo!

What the fuck is ham salad??

Rimming an actor.

R27: I was with you until the Miracle Whip. Yikes.

For Chrissakes,, all these people like r27 assuming that Miracle Whip is pretend Mayonnaise or something. Like silverplate to Mayos sterling. All the gays love to draw pretentious little displays so as to give the impression that they are to the manner born, and think that being able to afford "real" Mayonnaise is a sign of elevated social class. Except Mayo is no more expensive than Miracle Whip- they are the same price.

It might be a clue that one is called "salad dressing". It is a different product being made to be incorporated in salads of various types, potato, ham, macaroni and so forth. But they are both white and sold in quart jars, so of course people assume they are the same usage, and one is the "classy" choice. Hence such silliness.

Miracle Whip tastes sweet and gross!

My mom used to make it, she used a meat grinder and put ham, hard-boiled eggs and sweet pickles through the grinder. Mix in some mustard and mayo - not Miracle Whip.

It was one of my favorite meals as a kid. I should really buy a meat grinder and start making it for myself.

R38 is correct that the price-point is similar. A brand like Hellmann's is more versatile - because you can add your own sugar and if need be vinegar. Also, you can ovoid those additions if you are just in need of plain old mayonnaise.

I’ve seen salmon salad but not ham. Cuban sandwich seems more appetizing.

R38, I grew up poor and my entire family hated Miracle Whip. All I can say is that it tastes fishy. Has nothing to do with class or style.

Spam is a good alternative to ham - lovely texture. And of course as previously mentioned lots of Miracle Whip. Celery, onions, pimentos, canned peas. Garnish with parsley and dust with that red stuff.

Serve with a smile !!

Paprika ..

R38, to the manor born.

[quote] the Underwood devil logo was trademarked in 1870, and is the oldest food trademark still in use in the US.

R27, that trademark includes the DEVIL. Well, we clearly have some work to do....

Grinding hams is not something that good girls care to hear about.

The earlier Underwood Deviled Ham packaging was quite a bit more sinister.

Whatever you do, stay away from lady ham!

R40, you got it. My mother used a meat grinder to make it. I’m thinking I’m going to use cornichons instead of dill or sweet pickles.

Because I must have some!

As for mayo vs Miracle Whip, I like them both.

I love ham and cheese croissants

I love it too. I put Major Grey's chutney and green olives in mine.

Miracle Whip on anything is a recipe for vomit.

It is very common in both Restaurants and Grocery Deli departments in Minneapolis.

We had bologna spread. Mom would grind ring bologna and do the pickles then add Miracle Whip. Loved the stuff and still but it on occasion.

Bologna Spread Video

Ham!

R55/R56 I could see the bologna salad could be tasty, especially with all-beef or veal bologna. I would eliminate most of the mayo though, as it seems excessive. I think Oscar Myer sandwich spread contains bologna, at least it used to taste like it to me. I haven't seen it in years though TBH.

What exactly is “deviled’ ham?

I think it means the meat is ground and then mixed with seasonings (also mayo/mustard? Or is that just for eggs?)

Man, these recipes are certainly....interesting. I thought that liverwurst sandwiches were a tough swallow, but ham salad might just take the cake. I have found these suggestions really intriguing. My best friend is Hungarian and loves many variations on this salad - I have tried it and really can't stomach it at all. To each their own - I will stick with chicken and shrimp salad (I like both, but they tend to be really rich), but I am happy that so many enjoy this one too.

R59, It means that the main ingredient has been minced, and mixed in a sauce with a strong flavor. Hence, Deviled Eggs, Deviled Kidneys, Deviled Ham, etc.

This sounds very edible.

R61 One either enjoys liver, or NOT. There doesn't seem to be ambivalence on this one.

And don’t use Underwood Deviled Ham or its generic equivalents. Loaded with chemicals and salt. Make it from scratch...and no pineapples...

r61 my Hungarian best friend makes it aott too! She gets crazy compliments on it, mostly from people who forgot it existed as a food I think, who missed it.

In high school, I worked in a grocery store and occasionally had to work the deli counter. Whenever you cut off any 'wasted' portion of a dark deli meat such as bologna or salami (the dried up end piece or anything that fell on the floor), it was tossed in a bin to be ground up for "ham salad". If you did the same with a light meat such as chicken or turkey, you tossed it into another bin to be made into "chicken salad". Disgusting. Ever since those days, I won't eat ham salad or chicken salad that I haven't made myself.

Ham Salad? No thanks. After sandwiches, here's what I do with left over ham: Fresh green beans, corn, potato and ham chunks - mmm mmm good, especially in winter!

Someone said liverwurst.

I only started eating that after being introduced to the 1$ vietnamese sandwich in Toronto in the late 90's.

They're gone now.

Was also instructed to eat liverwurst on toasted rye with a glass of white wine.

Gosh! Haven’t had ham salad in years! Decades even. I remember it being a staple at my grandmother’s house at the beach during the summers. She’d make a different salad for sandwiches each week - chicken or ham - along with a roast beef she’d slice up on a manual meat slicer. Did she use a canned ham? I think so - but I can’t be sure. I do remember she used 2 parts mayo, 1 part Miracle Whip, and a tea or tablespoon of mustard. I used to love her sandwiches on white bread. Damn! Now I’m craving ham salad.

A ham-salad sammich.....YUM. So good, and it's completely disappeared....I mean, all these people who claim not to know what ham salad even IS! They're missing something GOOD.

Danny Kaye+Laurence Olivier=ham salad

Miracle Whip is the devils saliva. My dumb assed Mother bought it all the time when we were kids. Never had it since.

Miracle Whip is nasty but even worse is Sandwich Spread, I don't even know if they make it anymore.

[quote]Danny Kaye+Laurence Olivier=ham salad

I don't think ham salads get tossed.

Oh I don't know, Danny always used some tongue in his recipe.

I make my ham salad in a food processor.

I buy a hambone from the Honey Baked Ham Store for about $8. The bones have plenty of meat still on them after the store removes and sells the spiral cut slices.

I boil the hambone for about 2 hours and let the pot cool completely before removing the bone with all the meat attached. I separate the meat from the fat and bone and next I throw the meat into my food processor.

Then I add mayonnaise, some Durkees, pickles (the hot 'n' sweet kind), a chopped small onion, and if I have a fresh one, a jalapeno pepper. If I need some more liquid, I use some pickle juice. Sometimes I'll add a green onion or two if I have them.

A few pulses to the desired consistency et voila, ham salad.

Yum!!

I just met someone who didn't know what ham salad even was........

They'd never made it, or seen it for sale at a deli, etc.

Is this basically the same as Underwood deviled ham spread?

Haven't had it in ages. We never put eggs in it---that just makes it egg salad which I find revolting. People used to put eggs in tuna salad, thankfully it's not common anymore.

R81, of course boiled eggs belong in tuna salad! Not mandatory, but tasty and adds even more protein. That, onion, celery, white and black pepper, and frequently spinach ripped into tiny bits. Especially good on those thick Swedish crackers (ryvase or something) with lots of fiber and crunch. But you're right - I never see it for sale with eggs....

Never tried them but I live in MA and see them in my local Market Basket grocery store all the time. They are served in those little finger roll style buns, alongside the tuna and chicken salad versions.

A lot of these extra additions sound awful. I’m all for simplicity, here in Virginia we make ham salad with some nice Smithfield ham, sweet relish and mayonnaise. Nothing like that salty taste of country ham.

I've never had ham salad. Anything that requires a meat grinder, I'm not going to make.

R85 you can just chop finely, I think that’s preferable anyway.

For R66...........

Lol!!

You lie! No such thing.

Miracle whip is sort of fluffier and less runny than mayo, right?

I think miracle whip tastes sweeter than regular mayo.

Ham salad!

Mmmm... delicious ham with extra lady mayo....

I bought two tins of ham (not Spam brand) and rather than save the leftovers I crushed it up and pan fried the fat off (it’s actually reasonably lean) and so it was golden and crispy. When cool I added it to mayonnaise, pickles, mustard, chopped onions and chopped parsley. It’s now refrigerating.

Wish me luck! I will have it tropical style on crackers and a mug of hot black tea.

Is ham salad like deviled ham? Or Oscar Mayer Sandwich Spread? I love both. On toast points because I'm not a savage.

My Mom made bologna salad and used Miracle Whip. I'll occasionally buy some for her. I like it but not often.

R5 NOTHING is ever better with Miracle Whip.

best ham salad is at Boucherie Atlantique in Montreal - highly recommend to fellow hamsaladophiles

[quote]of course boiled eggs belong in tuna salad

Of course they do not. Unless you are vile. And eat things that are vile. I must go and vomit now from thinking about this.