Mom’s ham

Food Feature: How to make a ham

My Online Journalism Blog
Melissa Wong

Ingredients:

1 Smoked Seasoned Pork Ham

2 Onions

24 Baby Carrots

12 Medium Russet potatoes

1½ cup of water

Tin cooking pan to serve four  

Directions:

Mom has finished cutting the ham. 
What is not eaten, can be stored in t
he fridge or freezer for later. 
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1. Preheat the oven to 325 C.

2. Soak the ham in warm water and remove all the packaging.

3. Peel and chop the potatoes into two or three pieces.

4. Put the ham and potatoes in a baking pan and fill it with warm water.

5. Put the baking dish in the oven.

6. Peel and dice two onions.

7. An hour before the ham is ready, add baby carrots into the baking pan.

8. Half an hour before it is baked, add the diced onions into the cooking pan. 

Mom took the baked ham out of the oven.
It is time to cut the ham and serve. 

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9. Let it bake at 325 C. Cook for 20 minutes per pound.

10. Removed the ham from the oven when baked.  

11. Peel off the ham’s cap.

12. Slice the ham by cutting halfway down the middle and then slicing it up.

13. The ham is ready to be served with potatoes, carrots, and onions.

Tip: Keep the leftover ham in a plastic bag on containers when it is cooled down in the fridge. 

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