Ham, Southern Style

Ingredients

• the ham
• simmer two hours in cold water
• one cup of brown sugar
• one quart of molasses
• one-half pound of cinnamon sticks
• one-half pound of cloves
• handful of bay leaves
• one cup of sherry wine

Method

1. 1

   Simmer the ham in cold water for two hours.

2. 2

   Change the water and add brown sugar, molasses, cinnamon sticks, cloves, and bay leaves.

3. 3

   Cook until done.

4. 4

   Leave the ham in the water overnight.

5. 5

   In the morning, remove the skin, beat the egg white with bread crumbs and mustard, and cover the ham.

6. 6

   Baste with sherry wine until brown.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 10 servings.

As published

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

HAM, SOUTHERN STYLE. Mt8, Whitiier. The ham should simmer two hours in cold water. Re- move that water for more cold water, enough to cover ham, and put with it the following : One cup of brown sugar, one quart of molasses, one-half pound of cinna- mon sticks, one-half pound of cloves, handful of bay leaves. Cook until done. Leave ham in that water one night. In the morning remove skin carefully, beat the white of an egg with bread crumbs and a little mus- tard, and cover tiie ham. Put in the pan one cup of sherry wine

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