The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-12-26
HAM COOKED IN 4 HAY BOX.
The Danish HOUSEWIFE Plan ana Hts Delicious
Rcsults Told by n Traveller.

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Rcsults Told by n Traveller.
Talk about your Christmas turkey stuffed
with Eye-talian chostnuts, or Lynn Haven
oysters, ali you want to" said tho transplanted
Southern Colonel. but / say give me o thin
slice of Southern ham cooked as thoy cook It In
Virginia or South Carolina, and you can keep
all of your stuffed BIRDS"
81 used to think that you Southern people
knew how to cure and cook hams, too, until
I went to Denmark" answered the returned
traveller. but, bless your soul. your Southern
ham tastes as tame and fat by tho side oe
Denmark ham as Northern ham docs DOM.
pared with Southern. or course. o ham has
got to be good and properly cured at the start.
but the biggest part Of a sweet. juicy, tasty
ham lies in the cooking. Now Two been In sew.
enteen countries and 1 have never tasted such
ham as I got in Denmark. The nearer the
bone the swceter the meat cannot often DO ap.
piled to a ham that you strike in this country,
because half the time tho meat 10 about half
cooked when you get toward the bone. Now, in
Denmark you might carvo a hundred hams .
day and each one would be done through and
through. and yet they are only allowed to come
why, how can they be done. then.i' asked
boiled for hours and hours over a hot fire. Now,
Virginia. where the Colonel was born. we al.
ways put a ham on right after, breakfast when
thermoro. the COOK Keeps a little Niger busy
e. sto !, /. Ham Ham isn't ham if it isn't we'll boiled
mark disagree" remarked the returned travel.
thoroughly cooked should not be boiled. How
DO they cook it, In a hay box. What 70 q hay
mark. Ahay box is an ordinary wooden box
with a lining Of hay about a foot thick; The hay
and Spt for du %fsb iHse''o OF fl course Sc A your = hay i boz
can be Of any size, but the vessel must fit in
1T mv closely s9ssG, w sSs t = Danish Il bssSt nussw, shS %f.as Of
dark and puts it into a pot Of cold water:
from the fire and puts II into a hay box, caro-
ffHliy so iiS. Wh sse s aHe 81 sei tsa Sp oq ln she n a el9ss:
the ham Is thoroughly cooked to the bone. VIII
Keeps at the same tcmperature' ali night,
and an even. temperature is the secret of
B Bsf shen e ssa Ress up The n the y msFnln is s ias wbs as
she goes to bed at nighttime ham 10 done. and
she doesn't !, tt, haze ~ ito, worry her head ca as to
time; and, best OF all. sho never has to send 1t to
the kitchen 10 be cooked over. A ham cooked
and fairly makes your mouth water to think
suggested tho transpiantod southern Colonsi.
and the returned traveller smacked his lips as
he TOOK Inc hteaiDlnR glass.
THOSE Danish hay boxes, Madam Colonel"
he went on. are great things. Such a thing an
running, water is unknown in the houses Of
Denmark, but. by George, the people over there
seem to be more flush with hot water than wo
are with all our boilers, coal ranges. and miles
OF hot water pipes. In the cupboard OF tho
washstand in every bedroom, or In the closet, is
n hay box and at every hour in tho day or night
you can find n vessel Of steaming water there.
A littlo enough thing In itself. ehi But It's
the little things that make life livable,
isn't it'll Yes. you people down South
! know how to euro and cook hams. and Won
know, how to do it well. but you yourselves
would own that you are mere novices at the
business II You once got n taste of a Danish ham
cooked over night in a hay box"
"Darned II would" exclaimed the trans
another hot toddy. And even II they can beat
us on ham, they cant beat us when it comes to
some other things that are hetter,' measuring
out the whiskey with a smile OF complete sat.
isfaction.