To Boil Ham

Ingredients

• ham
• hot (not boiling) water

Method

1. 1

   Wash the ham in cold water and put it into a kettle of hot water to cover.

2. 2

   Boil gently for fifteen minutes per pound, keeping it covered except to remove scum.

3. 3

   When done, take off the skin, trim, and add spots of pepper and stick cloves.

4. 4

   Brown in a hot oven or fire and serve with gravy and vegetables.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The housekeeper's companion (1883), page 109. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

To Boil Ham. — Wash the ham in cold water two or three times, and put it into a kettle of hot (not boiling) water

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