From 1905:
For hams averaging twelve pounds each, have ready one and a half gallons of best salt, one pound of good brown sugar, one eighth pound of powdered saltpetre, one ounce of black pepper, and one half ounce of cayenne. Cut the joints into proper shapes, without unnecessary bone and fat, and lay them on a board or table. First rub the skin well with salt, and lay each… Continue reading
Category: Pork & Ham
Baked Ham in Cider – Crust method
Tested Pork Curing Recipe
Baked Ham
Ham & Pineapple
Baked Ham
Ham Souffle
Boiled Ham for 200 Persons
Two 12 or 14 pound hams should be plenty to serve 200 persons. The ham will eat to best advantage if cooked in the following way:
Cleanse the ham, place in large boilers, cover with cold water, heat gradually to boiling point and cook slowly forty-five minutes. Place in fireless cooker overnight, allowing 17 to 18 hours, and cool in water in which it was cooked.… Continue reading
Pork Chops (Sauce Piquante)
garnish with parsley chopped fine.
garnish with parsley chopped fine. Continue reading
Planked Ham with Olives
Place mashed potatoes attractively around a slice of fried ham, then fill the centre with one-half cup chopped Spanish green olives and peas. Place a whole stoned olive on each mound of potatoes… Continue reading
Boiled Pork
Put the joint of pork into a
Put the joint of pork into a Continue reading
SUCKING PIG ROASTED
serve it along with apple sauce.
serve it along with apple sauce. Continue reading
POTTED HAM
If well seasoned it will keep
If well seasoned it will keep Continue reading
Mock Turkey
Few people know how to make a leg of pork taste like a turkey
Few people know how to make a leg of pork taste like a turkey Continue reading
TORTILLAS
Chop cold chicken, or veal, or fresh pork fine
Chop cold chicken, or veal, or fresh pork fine Continue reading
STUFFED PORK TENDERLOINS
Split pork tenderloins almost through; make a
Split pork tenderloins almost through; make a Continue reading
Fish and Ham Dish
Use ½ lb. ham and 1 finnan haddock
Use ½ lb. ham and 1 finnan haddock Continue reading
HAM JELLY
To make it, take the odd pieces of ham and chop
To make it, take the odd pieces of ham and chop Continue reading
Mixed Minced-Meat Cakes
Mince quite fine a quarter of a pound of beef steak
Mince quite fine a quarter of a pound of beef steak Continue reading
Ham Balls
Take 1 cupful milk, ½ cupful stale breadcrumbs
Take 1 cupful milk, ½ cupful stale breadcrumbs Continue reading
Salt Pork with Cream Gravy
Slice the pork thin, put it into a frying pan
Slice the pork thin, put it into a frying pan Continue reading
Baked Ham
Boil a ham until tender, putting it in with the fat or skin side
Boil a ham until tender, putting it in with the fat or skin side Continue reading
Ponhoss
with three parts of buckwheat flour and one part Indian meal
with three parts of buckwheat flour and one part Indian meal Continue reading
MARTHA WASHINGTON’S VIRGINIA BAKED HAM
From 1916:
Washington’s birthday, for a long time observed with fine oratory, is becoming a day of family gatherings and general entertainments. There should be a flavor of colonial culinary about the Washington day dinner, and of course it should include a Martha Washington recipe. Virginia baked ham is a dish sure to tickle the palate of the modern epicure, and here is “Lady Washington’s” “own recipe” for a… Continue reading