12 Tips You Need When Cooking Ham - Chowhound

We've talked at length about brining your chicken, tenderizing your steak, and even soaking and marinating your pork in Dr. Pepper. But one meat that you want to skip the marinating step for is ham. Most hams — namely, city and country hams — have already been brined, salted, and/or smoked. Country hams are usually soaked in water again before being cooked. City hams sometimes have additional water added, as we…