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Boiling Hams

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Boiling Hams

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Warm water in a large pot before adding the hams.

  2. Increase the temperature to 200°F (93°C).

  3. Allow the temperature to drop slowly to 160°F (71°C).

  4. Let the hams cook in the water for 4 to 6 hours.

  5. After cooking, place the hams in cold water for 15 minutes.

  6. Drain the hams and let them rest in a cool room or in the water overnight.

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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