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Spanish Ham

The following is a Spanish cook's recipe for boiling a Spanish ham:--"Put the ham into cold water to soak for sixteen or eighteen hours; scrape and trim it well, putting it into cold water to simmer. Add to the water a tea-cupful of vinegar and a large tea-cupful of brown sugar; simmer five hours. A pint of sherry wine put into the water instead of the vinegar improves the flavour of the ham."