Name: Fried Ham and Eggs
Ingredients: ham, sliced into ¼ inch thick pieces; boiling water

Fried Ham and Eggs

Oven, in the book's wordsA hot oven

Ingredients

ham, sliced into ¼ inch thick pieces
boiling water

Directions

Soak the sliced ham in boiling water for 30 minutes. If the ham is very salty, soak it in cold water for several hours before using boiling water.
Wipe the ham dry.
Heat a frying pan until hot and dry.
Place the ham in the pan and fry until browned on both sides.
Remove the ham and keep it warm in a hot dish.

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.