More Ham

This morning we got a full refund for the undelivered meat.

At 5:45 p.m. today, December 27, the door bell rang.  Boxes from Honey Baked Ham were on the door step and two UPS deliverymen were running down the driveway toward the UPS truck they had left in the road.  Were they in a great hurry or afraid 0f being beaten up in retaliation for the inconvenience. Who knows.

This turn of event has caused even more confusion.

Ralph asked why they delivered it since this morning we had canceled the order and gotten a refund.

We opened the boxes to determine the condition of the meat.  Yes, boxes. We had one 10 pound ham and two turkey breasts at 8 pounds each – three hunks of very cold but thawed meat.  What to do with them?

The directions said that in a refrigerator the ham would thaw in 24 to 48 hours and would remain fresh for 5 to 7 days.  It had been in the delivery truck since December 24, 5 days.  Did it still have a couple days of freshness left?  The thaw/freshness period for the turkey breasts was a little shorter.

Ralph and I and Sammy ate small pieces of the ham.   (On Xmas Eve Sammy got some scraps and droppings of the Feast of 7 Fishes and has now developed a taste for people food. When he realized that we had these boxes of people food he got all aflutter with excitement and smiles until Jim gave him a piece of ham.)  It tasted OK.

But Robin, the voice of caution, decided it was silly to risk becoming ill over questionable meat, even though we have 26 pounds of it.

Ralph agreed with her and admonished each of us to drink Coke as soon as possible because everyone knows Coke will kill anything.

So we stashed the meat, put on our coats and went out to eat.  We ordered coke as our beverages.