Boiled Ham

Ingredients

• Soak smoked ham over night in cold water
• Put in a kettle of boiling water
• insert a whole clove into each square

Method

1. 1

   Soak smoked ham overnight in cold water, scrape it clean, put in boiling water, cover, and boil gently until done.

2. 2

   It will take from 4 to 6 hours, according to the size of the ham.

3. 3

   When done, remove from water, pull off rind, score fat side criss-cross, and place in a baking pan in a very hot oven until fat is nice and brown.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Farm and home cook book and housekeeper's assistant (1907) by Adeline O. Goessling, page 107. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Boiled Ham Soak smoked ham over night in cold water and the next morning scrape it until you are sure it is thoroughly clean, trimming off any blackened parts. Put in a kettle of boiling water, cover closely, and boil gently until done. It will take from 4 to 6 hours, according to the size of the ham. When done remove from the water, pull off the rind, score the fat side criss-cross, insert a whole clove into each square

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