This section is from the book "Mrs. Lincoln's Boston Cook Book", by Mary J. Lincoln. Also available from Amazon: Mrs. Lincoln's Boston Cook Book.
Cut in thin slices; season highly with cayenne pepper, or with mustard and lemon juice, and broil two minutes.
Melt half a glass of currant jelly; add a teaspoonful of butter, a little pepper, and when hot add several small thin slices of ham. Let it boil up and serve at once.
Cut the ham in thin slices, remove the outside, gash the fat, and cook in a frying-pan till the fat is crisp. If cooked too long, it will become hard and dry. Ham will fry quicker and be less dry if cooked in hot lard or some of the ham fat from a previous frying.
Cut in very thin slices, and broil three or four minutes. Old or very salt ham should be parboiled five minutes before being broiled. Serve with poached eggs.
 
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