Southern Boiled Ham

Ingredients

• A ham.
• Brown sugar, 2 tablespoons.
• Sweet cider.
• Molasses, 2 tablespoons.
• Bread crumbs, 1 pint.
• White vinegar, 1 tablespoon.
• Mustard, 2 tablespoons.
• Butter, 1 heaping tablespoon.
• Cloves and pepper.

Method

1. 1

   Wash the ham thoroughly, put in kettle with enough new sweet cider to almost cover.

2. 2

   Cover the kettle tightly, put on a slow fire and leave for two hours.

3. 3

   It should not boil.

4. 4

   At the end of the 2 hours let it boil very slowly, allowing 15 minutes to a pound.

5. 5

   Remove from fire and allow to remain in the cider till quite cold.

6. 6

   Then skin the ham, removing the rind but none of the fat.

7. 7

   Mix the bread crumbs with mustard, brown sugar, molasses, vinegar and butter.

8. 8

   Spread the paste all over the ham, stick in cloves here and there, shake over a little pepper, dot with bits of butter and put in a hot oven.

9. 9

   Baste with a cup of the cider.

10. 10

    If it is impossible to use cider, boil the ham in water, using 1 cup of vinegar and 2 cups of sugar to each quart of water.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 2 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Mary Jane's cook book (1916) by Mary Jane, Sophie D. Coe, page 91. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

SOUTHERN BOILED HAM. A ham. Brown sugar, 2 tablespoons. Sweet cider. Molasses, 2 tablespoons. Bread crumbs, 1 pint. AVhite vinegar, 1 tablespoon. Mustard, 2 tablespoons. Butter, 1 heaping tablespoon. Cloves and pepper.

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