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Ham Salad Spread

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"Whip up a quick and easy ham salad spread with hard-cooked eggs, mayonnaise, and pickle relish. Serve with assorted crackers." — smile_u_nut

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Original recipe makes 12 servings Change Servings

3 cups ground fully cooked ham
2 hard cooked eggs, chopped
2 tablespoons finely chopped celery
4 teaspoons sweet pickle relish

2 teaspoons finely chopped onion
1 cup mayonnaise
1 tablespoon prepared yellow mustard

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Directions

Mix ham, eggs, celery, pickle relish, and onion together in a bowl. Combine mayonnaise and mustard together in a separate bowl; pour over ham mixture. Stir to coat. Refrigerate until serving time.

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This is a recipe my family has made for over 50 years. One can adjust the amount of each ingredients to suit your taste. We would use a meat grinder to grind the ham. Now, a food processor works nicely and saves time. I process the egg whites and save the cooked yokes. The yokes are mashed and mixed with the mustard and mayo and then mixed into the ham mixture. (I also start with a smaller amount of these ingredients, so the ham salad is not overly moist. One can always add a little more to reach the desired consistency) We serve it between two slices of toast with a couple leaves of lettuce. Chilling it prior to serving is best, giving the individual flavors time to blend together. Be sure to refrigerate the leftovers.

—happydays

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Dec 26, 2012

I read the reviews before making this recipe and changed the pickle relish to chopped dill pickles, per Sarah Jo's suggestion, but think the "bite" of the relish might have been better. I doubled the recipe and I also used about half the amount of mayonnaise and mustard (Hellmans, low calorie) and found that more than enough. I was also careful to choose an "upscale" ham to begin with. I served this as part of a holiday buffet with mini-rye breads and crackers, and it went largely ignored, although people who tried it, liked it, but did not rave as they did over other items on the buffet. My husband does love the recipe for sandwiches - a good thing because we had lots leftover. Why three stars - I don't think you should have to change a recipe from its original, and if sev Still looking for the perfect ham salad, like MY mother used to make it!

—joyce

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Sep 08, 2012

Instead of sweet pickle relish, I used two large garlic dill pickles. I ran my chunked ham and pickles through my food processor for the coarse chop I was looking for. The mayonnaise/mustard was the perfect amount. The ham salad wasn't too thick or too runny. This reminds me of the ham salad Grandma made for me as a kid--my family all enjoyed this very much. We ate it schmeared on saltines.

—Sarah Jo

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Aug 07, 2012

My grandmother used to make bologna salad with a recipe almost exactly like this. The trick to getting perfect ham or bologna salad is using a hand grinder-one that clamps onto the side of the table. Grind the meat then eggs, then sweet pickles. I haven't made this recipe, but everyone loved Grandma's bologna salad.

—Andrea

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Sep 07, 2012

I followed the recipe exactly as written and it was just perfect. I used my food processor to grind the ham. It was delicious with crackers. My husband used what was left to make a sandwich with. He has asked me twice now when am I going to make this again:) thanks for submitting this recipe!

—SugarPlum♥

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Dec 29, 2012

The ham salad is great. It had the right combination of ingredients in it. I chopped the ham as I liked it chunky. If you have a ham dinner save some for ham salad.

—JAN CAN COOK

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Sep 09, 2012

This ham salad was excellent!! Great Flavor! Just like I remember my Mom's ham salad!! Thank you!

—Cowgirl

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Feb 26, 2013

I recently made this ham salad and it was great. I had a larger batch from some left over ham. (about 4 times the above amount) I used some sweet and sour pickled zucchini I made last summer. I also added some carrots, celery,and onion. I processed it all through the food processor, and added mayo. I left the mustard out. This was great taste and the group (mostly men) I servered it too loved it.

—strangeriis

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Nutrition

Calories
230 kcal
12%

Carbohydrates
1.4 g
< 1%

Cholesterol
61 mg
20%

Fat
21.7 g
33%

Fiber
0.1 g
< 1%

Protein
7.5 g
15%

Sodium
579 mg
23%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Nutritional Information

Ham Salad Spread

Serving Size: 1/12 of a recipe
Servings Per Recipe: 12
Amount Per Serving
Calories: 230
Calories from Fat: 195

% Daily Value *
Total Fat 21.7g 33 %
Saturated Fat 4.7g 23 %
Cholesterol 61mg 20 %
Sodium 579mg 23 %
Potassium 124mg 3 %
Total Carbohydrates 1.4g < 1 %
Dietary Fiber 0.1g < 1 %
Protein 7.5g 15 %
Sugars 0.8g
Vitamin A 2 %
Vitamin C 20 %
Calcium 1 %
Iron 5 %
Thiamin 22 %
Niacin 23 %
Vitamin B6 16 %
Magnesium 3 %
Folate 3 %

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
** Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.
(-) Information is not currently available for this nutrient. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.