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Method of Boiling Hams

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From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 2 ingredients
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Method of Boiling Hams

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Smoke the hams for 3 to 4 hours at 120°F (49°C).

  2. Place the smoked hams in cooking vats.

  3. Cook the hams at 155°F (68°C).

  4. Cook hams under 15 lbs for 30 minutes per pound.

  5. Cook hams over 15 lbs for 28 minutes per pound.

  6. Chill the cooked hams for 30 minutes by running off hot water and adding cold water.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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