Boiling a Ham

The Art Of Cookery · Hannah Glasse · 1747
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Instructions (6)
  1. Put the ham into a copper pot if you have one.
  2. Let it heat for about three or four hours before it boils.
  3. Keep the pot well skimmed all the time.
  4. If it is a small ham, boil it for one hour and a half after the copper begins to boil.
  5. If it is a large ham, boil it for two hours.
  6. Consider the time the ham has been heating in the water, as this softens it and makes it boil sooner.
Original Text
When you boil a ham, put it into a copper, if you have one; let it be about three or four hours before it boils, and keep it well skimmed all the time; then if it is a small one, one hour and a half will boil it, after the copper begins to boil; and if a large one, two hours will do; for you are to consider the time it has been heating in the water, which softens the ham, and makes it boil the sooner.
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