serene | (no subject)

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. :-)

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

When I was growing up and my mom didn't work outside the home, she stuck the pineapple rings to the ham with whole cloves. Then one day later in life, she "got lazy", as she puts it, and mixed some ground cloves in with a can of crushed pineapple and poured that over the ham. It came out tasting just as good, and was a lot less work. Still, I think I'll make it the ring way next time, just to get pictures for the Mom Food Project cookbook.