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To Broil Ham Nicely

From Virginia Cookery-book, 1884

Serves 2

Presented as published in 1884. 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 Virginia Cookery-book (1884) by Mary Stuart Smith, page 129. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

To Broil Ham Nicely. Slice the meat from the ham raw as thin as you can, then put it into a pan of cold water ; set it on the stove in a stewpan and let it come to a boil ; then have your griddle hot, and broil the meat with a little butter dropped into the pan and a plentiful sprinkling of black pepper

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