Boiled Ham

Ingredients

• a whole ham
• sprinkle with sugar
• fine cracker crumbs
• stick with cloves

Method

1. 1

   Soak ham in cold water for several hours or overnight.

2. 2

   Wash and trim the skin, then place in a kettle, cover with cold water, and cook slowly until tender.

3. 3

   Remove from water, sprinkle with sugar and cracker crumbs, and stick with cloves.

4. 4

   Bake for one hour in a slow oven.

5. 5

   Serve cold, thinly sliced.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Kirmess cook book (1907), page 66. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

BOILED HAM. Soak several hours, or overnight, in cold water to cover. Wash thoroughly, trim off hard skin near end of bone, put in a kettle, cover with cold water, heat to boil- ing point and cook slowly until tender. Remove the kettle from range and set aside, that ham may partially cool ; then take from water, remove outside skin, sprinkle with sugar and fine cracker crumbs, and stick with cloves

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