Joint of wiltshire ham frozen just before xmas - ok still?

[SkeeterUK]

Hi all.

Got a joint of wiltshire ham, its been in freezer since about late dec last year. Took it out of freezer tonight to thaw to hopefully slow cook in 2 days time.

Will it be ok or should i chuck it away? As not sure how long joints can last in a freezer and its been about 9 months.

 

[SkeeterUK]

ta and yeah it was vacuum sealed.

 

[SkeeterUK]

Cooked it in the slow cooker 8 hrs with say 300ml of pepsi in and thats all. Took it out took the strings off and fat off then let it cool then popped it in the fridge.

Not sure why but its not as light pink as id hope it would be like the ham from butchers or supermarket its dark like any old gammon joint ive done before. Expected something like this.

https://thumbs.dreamstime.com/z/sli...iled-ham-sausage-isolated-white-120233087.jpg

But i got more like:

https://www.thetimes.co.uk/imageser...f1de0fa372c.jpg?crop=1500,1000,0,0&resize=685

Could it be the time i left it i.e 8 hrs and maybe shoulda took it out earlier like 6 hrs instead? Or was the pepsi to blame?