Grandmas Baked Country Ham Food

BAKED COUNTRY HAM

Steps:

• The afternoon before you plan to serve the ham, fill a very large kettle or pot or your sink with water. Soak ham 4 to 8 hours to lose some of the saltiness; change the water 2 or 3 times, if possible. Rinse well, and scrape off any mold or green rind.
• Wrap ham well in aluminum foil. Place on a baking sheet. At 7 p.m. the night before you plan to serve the ham, preheat the oven to 500 degrees. Place the wrapped ham in a large roasting pan filled with 1 inch of water, and bake for 30 minutes. Turn off the oven, but do not open the door. At 10 P.M., turn the oven back on to 500 degrees. Bake the ham for 15 minutes more. Turn off the oven, but do not open the door. Leave the ham in the closed oven overnight.
• Remove ham from the oven, then remove the aluminum foil. Using a very sharp knife, trim the rind and all the fat from the ham. Serve the ham warm or at room temperature; cut with a ham-slicing knife into very thin slivers.

COUNTRY HAM

Steps:

• Unwrap ham and scrub off any surface mold (if you hung in a sack for 6 months you'd have mold too). Carefully remove hock with hand saw. (If this idea makes you eye your first aid kit, ask your butcher to do it. But make sure you keep the hock, it's the best friend collard greens ever had.)
• Place ham in cooler and cover with clean water. (As long as it's not too dirty you can use what southerners call the "hose pipe"). Stash the cooler in the bushes. If it's summer, throw in some ice. If it's freezing out, keep the cooler inside. Change the water twice a day for two days turning the ham each time.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Place ham in a large disposable turkey-roasting pan and add enough Dr. Pepper to come about halfway up the side of the ham. Add pickle juice if you've got it and tent completely with heavy-duty foil. Cook for 1/2 hour then reduce heat to 325 degrees F, and cook another 1 1/2 hours.
• Turn the ham over, insert an oven safe thermometer (probe-style is best) and cook another 1 1/2 hours, or until the deepest part of the ham hits 140 degrees F (approximately 15 to 20 minutes per pound total).
• Let rest 1/2 hour then slice paper-thin. Serve with biscuits or soft yeast rolls.
• Cooks note: Even after soaking, country ham is quite salty, so thin slicing is mandatory. If you're a bacon fan, however, cut a thicker (1/4-inch) slice and fry it up for breakfast.

MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER'S HAM CROQUETTES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Mix ham, egg, mayonnaise, and half the breadcrumbs together in a bowl; shape into 6 meatballs. Spread the remaining breadcrumbs onto a plate; roll the balls in the breadcrumbs to coat. Arrange the balls in a baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes.

GRANDMA'S HAM

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325 degrees F (165 degrees C). Place ham in a roasting pan.
• Pour ginger ale into the roasting pan. Rub brown sugar over the ham. Attach pineapple slices to outside of ham with toothpicks. Secure a cherry into the middle of each pineapple slice again using toothpicks. Pour reserved pineapple juice into pan with ginger ale. Tent aluminum foil over the ham.
• Bake ham in preheated oven for 4 hours. Remove aluminum foil and continue baking another 30 minutes.

GRANDMA'S HONEY BAKED HAM

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Score ham. Wrap ham in foil and bake for 30 minutes. Meanwhile, to make glaze, combine honey and brown sugar in a small saucepan. Simmer until sugar is dissolved.
• 2. After the ham has baked 30 minutes remove from oven. Uncover and spread honey glaze over ham. Re-wrap and continue baking for about 1 more hour. Remove from oven and unwrap. Allow to sit for 10 minutes before cutting.

GRANDMAG'S BAKED CHRISTMAS HAM

Steps:

• Wash ham throughly.
• Cut diagional criss crossed lines one inch apart, one inch deep.
• When you are finished the cut lines should look diamond shape.
• This has to be done all around the whole ham.
• Insert whole clove in each crossed section.
• Try to push the clove down at least an inch into the meat.
• Bake one hour covered, in very deep baking pan, at 275 degrees.
• This is where my GrannyN would have the ham in a paper bag.
• Drain off fat.
• Bake another hour covered at 275 degrees.
• Drain off fat.
• Let ham sit uncovered while you warm the honey.
• Pour honey over the ham, and cook uncovered for an hour at 300 degrees.
• Remove from oven and drain.
• Let sit until cool to touch, about 30 minutes.
• The ham top should be a little sticky.
• If not it's ok.
• When cool, using your hands, pack brown sugar all over the top and sides of ham.
• Pushing the sugar in the cut slices.
• Push tooth picks through the cherries.
• Place pineapple rings on top of ham using toothpick with cherries to hold in place.
• Insert meat thermometer.
• Mix together pineapple juice and cherry juice.
• Divide.
• Pour half of mixture in bottom of pan.
• Cover, and bake for 2 hours at 350 degrees.
• Check doneness.
• Usually at this point the ham is usually done.
• Last 30 minutes, Uncover and pour remainder of pineapple juice on top.

OLD FASHIONED GLAZED HAM

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Put oven rack in the middle of the oven.
• In a small bowl, mix together the Dijon mustard, brown sugar, and thyme.
• Put the ham in a large roasting pan, fat side up. Rub the ham with mustard glaze. Pour the pineapple juice into the bottom of the pan. Put the ham in the oven and bake for 2 hours, brushing every 20 minutes with the pineapple juice. Remove the ham from the oven.
• Turn oven to 400 degrees F.
• Using toothpicks, decoratively adhere the pineapple rings around the ham and put a cherry in the center of the pineapple ring. Sprinkle the pineapple rings lightly with brown sugar. Return to the oven, uncovered, and bake until the pineapples turn a light golden brown. Remove from the oven to a serving platter and let rest for 15 minutes before slicing.

GRANDMA'S BAKED COUNTRY HAM

Steps:

• 1. Rinse ham and soak in water overnight.
• 2. Place Reynolds wrap in roaster pan, enough to completely wrap the ham. Pour two cans of Coke over ham. Sprinkle brown sugar on top of ham then sprinkle the cinnamon on top of the ham.
• 3. Seal the ham tight and bake 45 minutes at 375 degrees. Then start timing your cook time for the ham (15-18 minutes per lb.).
• 4. Remove ham from oven and allow to cool. After cooling take the skin off and score the top of the ham and sprinkle with more brown sugar and cinnamon. Put ham back into the oven to brown it. Watch closely and be careful not to burn the ham.

OLD-FASHIONED BAKED HAM

Steps:

• Drain pineapple, reserving 2 tablespoons juice; set aside. Place ham in a baking dish. Bake at 350° for 30 minutes., In a small bowl, combine the brown sugar, mustard, cloves, vinegar and reserved pineapple juice. Score top of ham. Place pineapple slices and cherries over ham; spoon glaze over top. , Bake 40-45 minutes longer or until a thermometer reads 140°, basting occasionally.

BAKED COUNTRY HAM

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Place ham in a heavy roasting pan.
• To make the glaze, mince garlic in a food processor.
• Add remaining ingredients; process until smooth.
• Pour glaze over ham and bake 1 hour, until ham is fully heated and glaze is well browned.
• Serve hot or at room temperature.