Fried Ham with Eggs Recipe ingredients

To prepare this Fried Ham with Eggs Recipe, first cut the ham into slices of a uniform thickness, and, if it is very hard and salt, soak it for eight or ten minutes in hot water, then drain, and dry it in a cloth. Cut off the rind, put the slices in a scrupulously clean cold frying-pan, and turn them two or three times during cooking. Put them on a hot dish, and if the fat is in the least discolored, poach the eggs separately. Break the eggs, taking care not to break the yolks, and slip them into the pan. Gutter the whites over the yolks with two spoons, to shape the eggs like a ball. Take them up with a slice, drain them from the fat, and place them on the ham. Serve as hot as possible. Time, seven or eight minutes to fry the ham. Sufficient, a pound of ham and six eggs for three persons.