Where to buy Christmas Ham in Christchurch?

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  sleep-cheapies on 06/12/2023 - 13:14

  Beckenham Butchery does them but prices vary if you want bone in or not.

  https://beckenhambutchery.co.nz/product/free-farmed-nz-chris…

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  chchnz99 on 06/12/2023 - 14:18

  Prime Range Fresh
  303 Colombo St Sydenham

  They have half ham on the bone at $12.50 per kg.

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    mrmathewcrow on 06/12/2023 - 22:18

    This looks like the place. They've got a few other well priced products as well.

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    doubledippps on 07/12/2023 - 14:21

    Do you happened to know if they mentioned on the title "2kg bag", the price that they display is for 2kg or per kg?

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      Foodie on 07/12/2023 - 20:29

      2kg ham on bone for $12.50 would be mental cheap, or dodgy meat.

      I got mine from paknsave for $9.99 per kg.

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  Fantail on 06/12/2023 - 17:39

  Haven't been in a while but it might be worth checking out the Hellers factory shop.

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    c3rn on 07/12/2023 - 10:00

    Their prices for ham aren't that different (if at all) from what you get at the supermarket.

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    LupinS on 07/12/2023 - 21:11

    While you can certainly sometimes get some great deals out there (go before the staff finish at 3 cause the really cheap stuff is also the stuff they give to staff daily as part of their perks), most of the time you're saving a maybe a dollar.

    In the case of ham - on the bone was cheaper at Pak n Save most of the time last year.

    They also only had one huge $180 one when I was there a few days ago.

    They do have ham off the bone in "all $xx random weights" (all about the same weight). I want to say about $20 for what looked like maybe 1.5kg? But wasn't really looking.

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  Smolcheese on 11/12/2023 - 14:03

  There are a few quality variables to compare when shopping for hams.

  Water %
  High water % hams will be cheaper but really you are just paying for water. Christmas is a special occasion so I'd just stick to low water % for a more hammy ham and less water.

  Country of origin
  NZ pork has to be raised to a higher welfare standard than many places we import ham from. I think this bring both an ethical and flavour difference to the meat. NZ lamb will be telling you about it if its from NZ and it'll cost a little more.

  Fake ham
  Some ham products are more processed than others and sit somewhere on the spectrum of a peice of meat on the bone to spam. Bone on ham tastes better in my opinion. Usually hams are cut in two. Bottom end of the leg is more fatty and easier to slice (my personal preference) where the other side is a bit leaner. This is really just a personal preference thing.

  Happy ham hunting.