INGREDIENTS
•
Above, before and after the three- to four-hour baking. You will have a hard time holding back those who want to cut off the crusty glazed outer quarter-inch and munch on it as a snack. In New Orleans, we use the superb, locally-produced Chisesi ham
•
Glaze:
•
24 oz. (two cans) Barq's root beer
•
1 1/2 Tbs. pepper jelly
•
1 bay leaf
•
1 1/2 Tbs. Tabasco Caribbean style steak sauce (or Pickapeppa)
•
6 cloves
•
1 stick cinnamon
•
Peel and juice of one-half an orange
•
Peel of half a lemon
•
1 cured, smoked ham, about 10-14 pounds
•
1/2 tsp. dry mustard
•
3/4 cup dark brown sugar