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Dec. 27th, 2008 06:22 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
So I was making my mom's ham recipe for our christmas(observed) dinner, and I had to call my mom and verify that it really does take that much sugar.
Me: So, a can of pineapple, a *one-pound box* of brown sugar, and a teaspoon of ground cloves? Is that right?
Her: Yep.
Me: A whole pound of sugar?
Her: Yes, a sixteen-ounce box.
Me: Wow, that seems like a lot of sugar.
Her: Oh, no, the cloves cut the sweetness.
Holy. Crap.
But the house does smell like my childhood, and that's usually a good thing. :-)
Me: So, a can of pineapple, a *one-pound box* of brown sugar, and a teaspoon of ground cloves? Is that right?
Her: Yep.
Me: A whole pound of sugar?
Her: Yes, a sixteen-ounce box.
Me: Wow, that seems like a lot of sugar.
Her: Oh, no, the cloves cut the sweetness.
Holy. Crap.
But the house does smell like my childhood, and that's usually a good thing. :-)
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Date: 2008-12-29 04:47 pm (UTC)My Uncle Stanley loved country ham with red-eye gray. He cured the ham himself. It still kind of makes me gag just remembering the taste.
If you ever want to try to cure a ham country style:
http://extension.missouri.edu/explore/agguides/ansci/g02526.htm
Some people love them.
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Date: 2008-12-29 01:51 pm (UTC)