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Potted Ham

From Catherine Owen's new cook book .., 1885

You can pot odds and ends of any meat or fish.

Presented as published in 1885. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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As published

This recipe was extracted from Catherine Owen's new cook book .. (1885) by Helen Alice (Matthews) Nitsch, page 25. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Potted Ham. — Take any remains of ham you have, even fried, if of a nice quality, is good for the purpose ; take away all stringy parts, sinew, or gristle, put it in a slow oven with its weight of butter, let it stay macerat- ing in the butter till very tender, then beat it in a mor- tar, add cayenne

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