Southern Baked Ham

Ingredients

• Take either a small end or half a ham
• soak several hours in cold water
• cover the fat with brown sugar
• stick with whole cloves

Method

1. 1

   Soak the ham in cold water for several hours.

2. 2

   Wash well and boil in cold water for at least twenty minutes per pound.

3. 3

   After half an hour, remove one-third of the water and fill with fresh boiling water.

4. 4

   Keep covered until done.

5. 5

   Allow to cool in the liquor, then trim off the brown skin, cover the fat with brown sugar, stick with cloves, and bake until brown for about twenty to thirty minutes.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cookery for little girls (1910) by Olive Hyde Foster, page 12. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

SOUTHERN BAKED HAM When there is going to be company, baked ham is one of the nicest kinds of meat that can be 39 COOKERY FOR LITTLE GIRLS had. Take either a small end or half a ham, as needed, and soak several hours in cold water. Wash well and put on in a kettle with cold water to cover and boil slowly, allowing at least twenty minutes to the pound. After boiling half an hour, remove one-third the water, and fill up with fresh boiling water, and keep covered until done. Then set aside and allow to cool in the liquor. When cold, lift out, trim off the brown skin, cover the fat with brown sugar, stick with whole cloves

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