With the whole family coming in for the holidays, heaven forbid we’d run low on food. One of the provisions was a large spiral sliced ham, at a terrific price. I tossed it in the freezer.
That was a month or two ago. Since then, that slowly dwindling ham has made a few cycles back and forth from the freezer, to the refrigerator, the table, and back again. On each succeeding appearance, my smiles of anticipation have become more of a grimace.
I pulled the last pound or so out today. I eyed it suspiciously, trying to determine how to best mask its all-too-familiar flavor into something new and exciting. As I spied the leftover King’s Hawai’ian rolls, the perfect recipe dawned on me: it was time for ham salad. Served with crunchy potato chips, that grimace turned back into a smile.
Ham Salad Sliders
2 cups leftover ham, chopped in a food processor
1 cup finely diced celery
2 TBS finely minced sweet onion
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
2 hard-boiled eggs, diced
1⁄4 cup sweet pickle relish, drained
1/4 cup finely chopped green olives (w/pimiento OK)
1⁄2 cup good quality mayonnaise
couple of dashes Frank’s or other hot sauce
King’s Hawaiian rolls
Sea salt potato chips
Warm the King’s Hawai’ian rolls in a 200º oven as you mix the ham salad. Spoon the finished salad into the rolls and serve with potato chips. Never hurt anybody to put a few potato chips right on the sandwich, or even lay a slice of Swiss cheese on there.
A frosty beer helps you forget exactly how long you’ve had that ham.
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Nick Roumel is a principal with Nacht & Roumel, PC, a firm in Ann Arbor specializing in employment and civil right litigation. He also has many years of varied restaurant and catering experience, has taught Greek cooking classes, and wrote a food/restaurant column for “Current” magazine in Ann Arbor. Follow him at @nickroumel or fortyyearsacrossAmerica.blogspot.com.
- Posted January 10, 2019
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