What a beautiful little girl Joan....those are some killer eyes shes got there..... ~Kathy~

I agree, Louise, I want beef rare. Really rare. gyr, you won't get any flack here either. I often pour a can of Coke or Dr. Pepper over a ham, and then glaze it during the last hour, some of my family likes the really sweet and crunchy outside edges. meyati, I also don't feel that good beef needs any "help", other than salt and pepper. My own ham was nice and moist, with a crunchy outside layer of brown sugar and mustard. I like pineapple but The Princess does not, so I didn't use that. We are having a LOT of leftovers, including some in today's bean soup. dcarch, I'm not a huge fan of ham either, it's definitely something I can take or leave, but the family loves the stuff. My ham wasn't cheaper, though. I bought a whole hog locally for $1.29 a pound, and that included packaging. Since packaging is usually about 50 cents a pound, that made my pig 79 cents a pound, based on hanging weight. However, anything I wanted smoked was an additional 99 cents a pound, so ham costs me nearly $1 a pound more than fresh pork does. Same with bacon. Annie

For ham-wrapped asparagus bundles, those slices in the pics above are too thick. Very thin sliced ham, even shaved, is a better foil for asparagus even if you have to use several of thinner slices. IMO tavern ham is the best, nothing sweet or "honey" flavored. Asparagus, ham and poached egg makes a lovely first course.

No 'saving' necessary lol. The damage, if it's indeed caused by failure to harden them off properly, doesn't look too bad. They might be stunted a little, and might go through a bit of extra shock, but they should recover. Once damage is done from sun and wind, there's little you can do to make them better. They either recover on their own, or they don't. If the damage isn't too bad, and the plant is old enough/established enough to recover from the shock, then they'll recover on their own. Weak, young transplants, and those with heavy damage may not make it, but yours look relatively okay.