Retro Baked Ham and Roast Turkey with Homemade Gravy | Episode 6

[@patriciastampe3215]

Stacey, don’t worry about the cap or no makeup…it’s your kitchen, and you are beautiful the way you are. We ❤ you and watch you because you are so real.

[@FarmersWifeHomestead]

Thanks so much, that is so kind of you to say

[@traceyphillips5244]

I have finally gotten thru all of your older videos and have to say, i have enjoyed watching your nerves lessen and your personality come out. You are just a joy to watch. Thank you for spending your time with us.

[@FarmersWifeHomestead]

Thanks so much, I appreciate that! 😊 I have always hated myself in the camera, so it has been big for me to start this channel. X

[@belindadawson6933]

Hi Stacey, from Port Elizabeth, on the East Coast of South Africa. I've been wanting to message you for a while now to tell you how much I enjoy your videos. They are so natural and down to earth. Coming from a "colonial" country so much that you do resonates with me! Thanks for all your hard work 💕

[@FarmersWifeHomestead]

Thanks so much, I am so glad you are enjoying the videos.

[@purposeinmind]

Yep brought back those 70s memories sweating hot christmas baking ham and turkey with all the roast vegies, pudding and custard. I think we might take your lead and revisit this for Christmas 2025 Anne🐨au

[@susankoster5644]

You know what Tracey, I love the old recipes. It's easy, tried and true.❤

[@nessiemonstercrafts]

I love how these retro dishes were bringing you so much nostalgic joy. Just beautiful! Hubby is a keeper that's for sure, he's pretty much cut of the same cloth as my hubby. He does sweet things like that for me too. At least you and I both know to appreciate the good men we have in our lives eh

[@drthomason7043]

Those are the best styled spatulas. The flat bottoms are the best for stirring the bottom of the pan. In the 70s I had a friend who came from 🇺🇸 and to her they were like finding gold.

[@Lynley-h7t]

10 out of 10 for your husband as so wonderful he bought you the ham and turkey and hope he thoroughly enjoyed eating both and appreciated your loving cooking and effort.

[@kelliesayers2202]

Hi Stace, I made the toothpick canapé back in the day. I used an orange and the toothpicks had cabana, cheese and cocktail pickled onion. We called it a hedgehog. Boy you have taken me down memory lane today. Thank you ❤

[@isobelwikitera3265]

Morning Stacey, I love watching your channel. I'm a kiwi living in outback Australia. Watching you cook is like being home again. Thank you

[@shirleybridge9826]

Stacey, we still do the cheese, Pineapple, cherry toothpicks. My children, all in their 30's love them. Your a star lovely lady.

[@carolineburns805]

Congratulations on reaching 40k+ subscribers, that's amazing 😍 And so are you Stacey 😍 I am enjoying your vids especially the retro ham 🤣 I'm a 1971 baby and I totally remember the pineapple and cherry glazed ham my Nanna used to dish up when I was a kid 🤣 Thanks for the memories 😂 Wishing you and your family a very Merry Christmas 🎄 Much love from Australia - Caroline xx

[@FarmersWifeHomestead]

Thanks for your lovely message 😊

[@MrEj7ak]

The ham looks bloody amazing. I am gonna make that as soon as I can. And. My mum used to make the cheese and pineapple “hedgehog” as she called it

[@frugalitystartsathome4889]

Oh my Lord, that takes me back! 🤣

[@angelahayes728]

Hi Stacey, l love watching your clips. My Nana always smothered the ham with apricot jam, then pineapple rings, cherries and cloves. I have carried on the tradition and it goes down a treat.❤ PS l planted garlic when you did and it's growing well.Thanks for the inspiration ❤

[@anntickle1587]

Congratulations Stacey on your 40 thousand

[@FarmersWifeHomestead]

Thanks so much, I really appreciate it! 😊

[@deniseshergold59]

Love your retro ham recipe!looks delicious!cheese and pineapple on sticks ,remember it well for buffets and parties,so good!x❤

[@janwinther5972]

Ha Stacey, the turkey BREAST I used for my 2 Turduckens on Friday was 2kg on its own. I minced the leftover meat and made Turkey Burgers. Yum Yum. I’ve never had turkey burgers before.

[@FarmersWifeHomestead]

That sounds amazing! I love the idea of a turducken. Turkey burgers yummy!

[@yvonnedowling629]

Thank you Stacey, you answered all my questions about the baked ham. You are so clever!! and kind for passing on all your knowledge to us, the Christmas vlogs are fantastic. 🌲🌲🌲

[@FarmersWifeHomestead]

I'm glad it was helpful 😊

[@betty4rd]

Hi Stacey! As a proud child of the '50s, I adore everything retro! "Husband" is truly one-in-a-million. What a blessing! Huge congratulations on hitting over 40,000 followers! You’ve got such a wonderful, devoted group of fans who are kind and generous... well, mostly! 😊 Sending lots of joyful love from Pukekohe! ❤❤❤

[@elainebyrne1039]

Hi Stacey - Tasti glace cherries come into NZ as white cherries from Italy and are put into a bath of red sugar syrup to change their colour. Most dried fruit mixtures sold for Christmas have artificial Angelica and artificial Glace Cherries. These are actually made from mangel worzels which are a type of turnip usually used as animal fodder lol. I used to work at the factory in Auckland that packed and sold Tasti dried fruit plus other food brands. I've seen the manufacturing processes for a number of foods.

[@FarmersWifeHomestead]

Wow, that is really interesting - thank you for sharing!

[@lizzy9975]

My grandmother did a ham almost identical to this! And all I can say is, your husband is a keeper! What an amazing guy to go and fetch you a ham after discussing retro hamming. 🤣❤️❤️ Edit: You're up to 42k now. Amazing stuff! 🎉

[@FarmersWifeHomestead]

He is a keeper, isn't he? He knows how to take care of me. 😉

[@purposeinmind]

Australia definitely has glace cherries and yes we did the same things with them as our cousins across the ditch 💯 very British although came to England from France I think? Anne🦘au

[@Mustangs73]

I’m one of your newest US subs. Playing catch up on your content. Enjoying your channel. A generation ahead of you and still make ham the same as your video. Tyfs

[@FarmersWifeHomestead]

Hello and welcome to the channel. 😊

[@MamaTrepFreeman]

I was born in 1960 in New England and my mom made her ham like this! Yummy and the glaze was the same as yours! Funny huh? Love this, Stacey!

[@sallymarshall6188]

Yes the grapefruit thing was uk too used to call it a hedgehog ❤❤❤

[@lindagoble6953]

Thanks for showing the use back of the spoon. I always just used my fingers. Everything looks so yummy.

[@kerriepeter8351]

i did the hedgehog for my daughters birthday party when she was 6 she is 38 now and still remembers it,, love your recipes brings back so many memories ,,,congrats on your subscribers going up

[@chrisharrison5126]

Your ham and turkey look amazing. My son-in-law smoked a 20 lb turkey for Thanksgiving. It gives the turkey a whole different flavor, almost like a very mild ham.

[@margotpratt2612]

Thanks so much Stacey that looks awesome

[@denniknight6049]

Love you Stacey, you're a star! I'm sure if husband is anything like my husband, he doesn't mind grabbing the supplies because he gets all the goodies made with them 😊

[@hopefrancis1599]

The ham looks wonderful! When I was a child, my Nanna would breadcrumb her ham. I have never seen anyone else do this. Here in Oz we had "hedgehogs" too, but we would use tiny coloured pickled cocktail onions. You could get the onions in red, green, yellow and white.

[@debbieoldfield752]

Hi Stacey, those hedgehogs brought back memories, used to make them with cheese, piece of Kransky and a cocktail onion, and they would always be one of the things that got finished up 1st at family gatherings. The ham looked amazing, ive been tasked (again) with glazing the Xmas ham. I always go with the same glaze, Apricot jam, brown sugar and mustard, cloves studded in the ham of course, so yummy.

[@mareesharples5480]

Congratulations on 40k subscribers. That retro ham took me back many years. I used to bone out the turkey, stuff, and roll it. Haven't done that for years, either. Made your seasoned salt the other day and have my spuds par boiled and in the freezer for Christmas day.

[@FarmersWifeHomestead]

Yippie I am so pleased to hear you are trying the potatoes

[@margaretsander1250]

Love all your videos Stacey have a great Christmas & New Year from Aus. ❤❤

[@maryhull531]

Awesome Stacey . Love everything you do . Jealous of our American friends who can get turkey so cheap ! Not so in Australia . ❤️❤️❤️

[@JodyBaham-ue2tg]

How fun you are and your pleasure in the love of your husband is so so sweet

[@vicki2526]

Aww you're making me hungry now and it's only 9am😅. Great job Stacey. Well done on the 40k🎉

[@ruthdewet4488]

We also do the little toothpick snacks in South Africa but instead of cherries we would have cheese and tiny pickled onions in a row. Bringing back memories 😌

[@jamesandhaleypankhurst7508]

Hi Stacey, I am really enjoying these Christmas recipes. Really enjoy your videos you have so much knowledge in the kitchen. Best wishes from Southland

[@mariac3534]

Congratulations on your new subscribers. You look great in a cap. Also, so nice to see you have such a beautiful marriage.

[@FarmersWifeHomestead]

Thank you 😊

[@karynwestern]

0mg thank you for this one.. my mum use to have like this.. I love it..❤

[@FarmersWifeHomestead]

It brings back happy memories, doesn't it? 😊

[@andreacairns969]

Morena Stacy 🤗, I’ve never cooked turkey but enjoyed watching your take on it thankyou. The thick slab of your herb butter under the skin made so much sense to not only flavour but keep the breast moist, great tip! I love baking a half leg of ham for Christmas 😋 my favourite glaze would have to be the marmalade one? When preparing my ham I use my fingers to carefully lift the skin away from the fat, so easy to peel. Then I score as you did, poke whole cloves in each diamond and finally spread some glaze syrup on top. I use 2 layers of tin foil on the bottom of my roasting pan, coming up the sides as well and lay the ham on there. I preheat the oven to 150 degrees Celsius on fan bake and place the ham on the lowest rack of the oven. This will heat through for about an hour and a half while basting every 1/2 hour. The end result it delicious 😋 In saying that? There are so many tasty sauces out there you can use to baste your ham, this one I use is just a single ingredient and does taste divine😋. Unlike you? I just love the fat on the ham lol. Thankyou for another wonderful episode Stacy 🙏 Your heart for cooking permeates through every video🙏💜 see you apopo🤗.

[@FarmersWifeHomestead]

I'm so glad you enjoyed the video, thanks for your detailed tips on your ham! 😊

[@artlovermcg7564]

Congratulations on the subscribers! I never cook turkeys for Christmas because the inlaws deep fry the turkey. But do cook occasionally just cause so I can portion and use left overs to make all kinds of things. The frozen turkeys come on sale and that is when I buy. Because they are super cheep then. Like $.99- 2.00 pound.

[@lindajones4712]

Stacy, I enjoyed this video so much. Loved your explanation of the turkey resting. You have an adorable sense of humor. Thank you.

[@leighmcmanus8378]

I do my ham like that every year. Love it.

[@donna9373]

We used to have cheese, pineapple and pickled onion hedgehogs. Yum. lovely to see these retro yummies.

[@toniaroane]

Oh my, Husband is a SAINT for bringing home that ham! As well as the turkey! I am not really a ham person, but I do like bits of it in soups, in beans, or on pizza with some pineapple. Deep fried turkeys are OK, it's mostly a gimmick but when done right they can be nice and juicy. I always brine my turkey overnight in a five gallon bucket using an Alton Brown recipe with salt, garlic cloves, black peppercorns, water, onions, green apples, and lemons, as well as other herbs. The next day I drain it and stuff it with a couple of green apples, a large onion, a couple heads of garlic, and a handful of peppercorns, seal it shut with some toothpicks and roast it to an internal temp of 150 degrees (meat thermometer in thickest part of thigh) at 375 degrees for approx 20 minutes per pound. The "stuffing" helps to keep the meat sweet and juicy from the inside and I have done this as long as I can remember, and I even do this when roasting a whole chicken. I never baste, but if I see the skin getting too dark I will tent it with some aluminum foil. When it has reach the internal temp I pull it out of the oven and let it sit, tented, for an hour before I carve it up. I have never had a flavorless or dry turkey using this method and I firmly believe the main reason is because of the meat thermometer - it's worth it to invest in one that you leave in the meat as it cooks and I think mine was about $40. Everything you made looked delicious! And your snack at the beginning - I remember being little and the grownups making those, and that appetizer is in the Julia Child Joy of Cooking! One of my favorite snacks, or meal, is a honeycrisp apple with some extra sharp cheddar cheese. Congrats on the 40K, but it's even grown since yesterday when I checked it was 42K, now it's 43K! I ALWAYS knew you were/are something very special and people would find you! I love you Stace, and I am so proud of you and so happy for your success!!! Love & BIG HUGS to you & Husband! PS...car will be done THIS WEEK! When I get vids I'll let you know!

[@HossMan48]

Thanks! Love the cranberries in the dressing. I stopped stuffing the turkey years ago. Now I just put in an apple halved, onion, carrot and celery stalks in the bird. Roast high and then turn the oven down for the remainder of cooking. I agree with you all meat must be allowed to rest! Blessings to you and your family for the Holidays. Peace!

[@ChezChristine57]

Almost same receipe for ham , but I brown the pinneaple in a skillet with butter before to place it on the ham... a bit more colorful version ... very good receipt

[@pattyhall4134]

Definitely not only in New Zealand - in Soutg Africa at that time too!!

[@carolinegorner1399]

Mmmm but I would definitely do whole roast onions too

[@Llerrafy55]

Yes to a tea towel or pillow case soaked in white vinegar to wrap the ham, so familiar seeing the pineapple and cherries.

[@jackieward6695]

Huge congratulations on reaching 40,000 , the ham looked great haven’t seen it done like that for years , happy memories.

[@angelahayes728]

From NZ

[@coastalfarmhouse1820]

You look adorable in your camo hat!

[@carolinereynolds2032]

The ham looks really nice. My mother and grandmother just served the ham cold. They used to host so many family members that they only had enough oven space to cook the chickens.

[@donnanorman340]

For the last few years, my youngest son has made the holiday meals. Which I love, no more slaving in a hot kitchen. What I don't love is for Thanksgiving and Christmas he has turkey which is over kill for me. I would like some ham plus no more leftovers for me. 😢 Have a great weekend 👋🇨🇦

[@carolinereynolds2032]

I think the pillow case or ham bag in vinegary water is the method the supermarkets advise in Australia now. My family has done that forever too.

[@charmianjohnson2364]

I order a pickled and pumped free range pork from the butcher . I do as you did but only put the cherry in the middle, I don’t like cloves so don’t use them sauce pineapple juice brown sugar and English powdered mustard cook in barbecue adding sauce as we go. Skin in the Air Fryer.

[@angietaylor5311]

Great video Stacey ♥️ Love the Blowy Dance 😂

[@sarahbarton4100]

We don't really eat pork, but I remember my gran making York Ham, which is brined lamb. She put the pineapple, cherries, cloves and glazed. ..

[@moyralouise7123]

I’m going to do a classic Margaret Fulton orange marmalade glazed ham this Christmas 🎄

[@debbrown5648]

Now I want turkey for supper❤😊

[@eleenagrant-jones8118]

Yum!!

[@taufaoasaufoi6688]

Yummy Yummy your recipe is so simple and delicious I learned so much from you, thank you take care and stay blessed 🎉🎉❤

[@Yepmetoo]

The ham looks superb, ph heck yes i remember making the little cheese pineapple and cherry cocktail thingees. But i'm with husband it's a no from me for the turkey. My mum also made the mashed potato and sausage meat sausage rolls, makes them so lovely and moist, thanks for reminding me about that😊

[@lizanderson1669]

Yummy, that gravy had great color on it

[@marikajohn6522]

Yes cherry’s tub in U.K. £1.80 each. Use to make cherry cake. 😊😊

[@melissaphillis7247]

❤ you are so cute!! Love the cap! Amazing food ❤

[@cindaschuster6725]

Your ham looks beautiful, brings back memories. 💙👍🏼

[@peterstevens6555]

That look yummy!

[@FarmersWifeHomestead]

Thank you 😊

[@JodiePollard-j2z]

Did you change husband’s opinion on turkey? Loving the 12 days of Christmas videos too - thanks

[@TraceyMills-r9o]

Hey Stace, I love watching your videos, I've learnt so many tips and tricks from you, so thank you for them, also you are so down to earth and bubbly you do make me feel like I'm sitting at the end of your bench in the kitchen watching you do your magic🧑‍🍳and I'm a sixties girl, so love the retro ham and toothpick stack, we use to have Kavana, cheese, cherry tomatoes, gerkins and pickled onions on ours, and yes huge, but oh so delicious I must say....thank you for being you and hope you and your family have a wonderful Christmas🎄🤗🥰♥️lots of cheers 🍻 from Trace from Australia xoxo

[@FarmersWifeHomestead]

Thank you for your lovely message! 😊Merry Christmas to you as well XX

[@charlenes5]

That looks delicious Stacey. Have a wonderful day thank you for sharing

[@FarmersWifeHomestead]

Thanks for watching and I hope you have a great day too 😊

[@shilpam4096]

❤❤❤

[@alex.is.here.]

Stacey, I was taught by my father in law, a well respected butcher, when removing the skin of the ham, slip your fingers under and dont use the knife, it leaves more fat on and is quicker.

[@FarmersWifeHomestead]

I normally do this as well but this particular ham doesn't do that as well :-)

[@carolynahaught7005]

I put pineapple and cherries on every year. I have never put cloves on it. I might just have to try that. I also take the pineapple juice and brown sugar and pour it over the ham and pineapple slices for a glaze. I raised four turkeys this year. We butchered them and one weighed 34 lbs.

[@catzkeet4860]

Try using ginger ale with the brown sugar and pineapple juicefor glaze. It's delicious.

[@joannewall5499]

Yummy, can I come for Christmas dinner 😂

[@louisebrislane6607]

I'm with your hubbie! The skin is definitely the best part of the beastie!! Pork no longer agrees with me but I can eat the rind when baked. Oh Yummm!!! I could almost smell it, it looks divine!! It is also the Aussie way! We have always taken a new washed or old washed pillowcase to put the ham in to keep in the fridge. Your ham reminded me of one of the Woman's Weekly recipe booklets that had a photo of the ham done like that in the late 60s. I adored those booklets & used to collect them from Mum's copies of the woman's weekly. Sadly I cleaned most of them out several years ago when I moved to my tiny flat that I live in today. Though I think I still have the one with the trifle in... We only had cold meats for christmas day growing up - with a salad, as ham was not on the budget in our family - it was lamb or chicken & as a child of the 1950s they were our own chickens that had their heads lopped off. I first had ham after I was married in 1970s on my husband's side of the family & never tasted turkey until they introduced it as frozen legs in the 1980s & I was the only one who loved it, my family preferred chicken. I can no longer eat chicken, it makes me feel sick so I have bought myself an Ingham's gluten free stuffed turkey roll which is sitting in my freezer waiting for me to cook it up & of course I have my jar of cranberry sauce/jelly in the cupboard waiting for the occasion. It used to be $18 for the roll but recently Woolies reduced the price to $15 so I have been buying it a bit more often as it does me several days for my evening salads & it is a change from meat or eggs.

[@FarmersWifeHomestead]

Thanks so much for your message I really enjoyed reading it. Happy Holidays and I am so glad you were able to get a turkey roll at such a great price.

[@carolynahaught7005]

When I get a turkey at the grocery store it is usually spend $150 and get a free turkey

[@Juliealdean]

Hi Stacey, have I missed the next video?

[@charmainemcdonald9679]

✨🙏✨

[@sarahbarton4100]

For people who are on their own, a couple, or a super tight budget, you could mock this up using a ham steak each instead of buying a whole ham. 😊

[@carolinereynolds2032]

Wonder why you can't buy turkey except at xmas. You can buy turkey mince all year round. Does it usually go for pet food?

[@FarmersWifeHomestead]

They just don't have it in the supermarkets unless it's frozen whole birds. There are probably not many turkey farms around.

[@dubravkabelogrlicdubravka]

Great video again! I have a question. When you cook Xmas dishes (some) before Xmas , how are you going to use them on Xmas? Thank you for sharing. Cheers

[@janwinther5972]

Hi Stacey, just watching your new video #6. I have also canned pineapple, following your recipe which is absolutely delicious, but I was wondering how do you choose your fresh pineapples, meaning, do you choose by colour, smell, or picking out the centre spikes? My sister chooses by smell, l picked my 5 pineapples by colour, but when I cut the first one, it had very little juice and was sour. I put the rest of them on a table in the backyard, and let them sit in the sun for a week, until they smelt like pineapple. They were better, but still quite pale. I have found many fruit and vegetable stores cut the spikes off!!

[@juliebird5307]

I’ve found the best way to choose a pineapple is to smell the base, if it smells sweet then it is ripe.

[@FarmersWifeHomestead]

All the spikes are cut off over here. I mainly go by smell. And colour. Sometimes, I get yucky ones as well 😔

[@carolcraib8433]

Iv been looking for a ham for so long I’m going to have a go at yours. Can you tell me how long the ham will last in the fridge ?

[@FarmersWifeHomestead]

It will last a good week, or you can freeze the left overs for future meals. :-)

[@carolcraib8433]

Thank you x merry Christmas

[@heathero007]

I reckon Tony made them

[@karolynforeman7529]

Hi looks delicious..what happened to your wrists?..hope you're OK.. regards Karolyn Melbourne

[@FarmersWifeHomestead]

Thank you 😊 They are just old injuries and need some support. I was pulling loads of weeds.

[@hbmilo7853]

Ewe, sorry not a fan of that meal.. dry ol turkey, mash spuds and bland peas and beans.

[@FarmersWifeHomestead]

It was very tender and not dry at all if you follow my methods. We enjoyed it

[@karenjoy7557]

Hat does ZERO FOR U...Don't wear the hat...😢😢😢

[@frugalitystartsathome4889]

Doesn’t have to “do anything” for her, it’s intended to serve a purpose, and it does. If she chooses to wear a hat who is anyone to say “don’t”?

[@enzed6498]

As Thumper was told by his mother in the movie Bambi, " if you can't say something nice, don't say anything at all ".

[@lyndagrigg17]

@@enzed6498just what I was saying

[@shfrederick1]

Karen...That wasn't necessary. Try saying nice things to people. It will make you feel better about yourself.

[@louisebrislane6607]

Your comment explains why 99% of cooking videos are done without the person showing themselves or even speaking. None of us are perfect to look at or listen to, so get over it & stop being critical of the person & just enjoy that they are willingly sharing their knowledge of the food that they are making.