Boiled Ham

Ingredients

• A leg of ham
• put it in a kettle of cold water

Method

1. 1

   Soak the ham overnight, trim, wash off, and soak again for two nights and a day.

2. 2

   In the morning, put it in a kettle of cold water, heat slowly, and boil for about 5 hours.

3. 3

   If serving hot, take it from the kettle, place it in a roasting pan, and bake until the fat begins to cook.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Food and health (1916) by Helen Kinne, page 72. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Boiled ham. Ham is one of the smoked meats. A leg of ham makes an excellent dinner, and the left-over pieces can be used to the very last scrap. Soak the ham overnight, trim, wash off, and put to soak again. Mrs. Allen always soaks hers two nights and a day. In the morning put it in a kettle of cold water

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