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Originally Posted by Kasey555
Hi!
I'm making my first holiday dinner and would like to prepare a ham. I know that the choice of the ham one use's is just as important as how one cooks it.
I like my ham to be sweet not too salty, moist but not rubbery or squishy, and have great flavor.
I'll also take any advice on how to cook it 
I'd like to get a nice crispy crust on it.
Any advice is appreciated! Thanks!
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Hi! Well, there's alot of factors that go into buying a ham, like you said, I'm not sure I have enough information to answer all your questions satisfactorially, but here goes nothing.
Buying a higher quality ham -often more expensive- will hopefully prevent the rubbery quality, as will not overcooking it. But you need to decide whether you're buying an uncooked ham or a cooked ham, boneless or bone-in.
I found this to be a
good link for information for ham cooking temperatures depending on type of ham.
You said you like the ham sweet...so I think you have the option of either buying a ham that is prepared sweet, like a "honeybaked ham", or you can prepare it with a sweet recipe, ie: sugar, or pineapple, or a glaze.
You also want a crispy crust...so do you mean crispy as in the skin and fat? or do you mean crispy as in some sort of sugared crust?
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