Mom Florence's Ham

Total Time: 4 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 4 hrs

Ingredients

• Servings: 20
• 7 lbs bone-in ham
• 10 whole cloves
• 1 (20 ounce) can pineapple rings, juice and all
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 (12 ounce) can 7-up soda

Recipe

• 1 take rind off the ham if it has one.
• 2 score the fat in diamond shapes on top of the ham (score means cut).
• 3 take whole cloves and put in the score marks where they intersect; one in each diamond top and bottom.
• 4 put pineapple rings on top then cover with brown sugar.
• 5 pour can of 7-up in bottom of baking dish.
• 6 cover with tin foil and bake 4 hours at 375 degrees fahrenheit until done, and meat is falling off the bone.
• 7 you may need to add water to bottom of the pan; check and baste every hour and more frequently towards the end.
• 8 of course remove the cloves when you take the ham out, after it cools little, 'cause biting into a clove is not good thing, lol.