# How do you cook a Ham **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [February 8, 2004, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-cook-a-ham/228166 "2004-02-08T20:12:59Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![LorieSmurf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a587f6/32.png) [@LorieSmurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LorieSmurf)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-cook-a-ham/228166/21 "2004-02-09T22:50:36Z")
> [@Nightingale](#): > > Take some pineapple rings and pin them to the ham with toothpicks. Then take some brown sugar and pack it all over the ham; a little will fall off, but that’s okay. Bake according to the directions on the label, and pretty soon you have a moist, tender ham with a yummy glaze. Be warned; everyone is going to want all the pineapple rings for themselves! My grandpa would make ham like that for Thanksgiving every year. First, though, he would smear a thin layer of mustard over the ham, then smear and pack the brown sugar over it, then put pineapple rings over the top and sides of the ham held on by toothpicks, and then stick cloves on the ham. DELICIOUS!!! I think we would baste it several times during the cooking. yummy yummy yummy yummy… ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [February 9, 2004, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-cook-a-ham/228166/22 "2004-02-09T23:29:46Z")
alright the oven is preheating. I bought some pre-made honey ham sauce at kroger rather than trying to make my own. i may add some brown sugar to the sauce though to sweeten it a little more. I didnt get cloves as they are $5.50 a box, which is what i payed for the ham. I could get 2 hams for the price of 1 ham & cloves. So i will let you know how it turns out. if its good i will get another and use pineapples & a coca cola baste instead of a honey mustard basing and no pineapples like im using this time. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-do-you-cook-a-ham/228166.md?page=1)