Meat Loaf - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 lb. ground beef
1/4 c. bread crumbs or oats
1/2 medium onion
1/2 c. diced bell pepper
2 eggs
1 small can tomato paste
1 Tbsp. salt
1/4 tsp. pepper
garlic
vinegar
black molasses
whole cloves

Preparation

Allow 25 minutes per pound for ham weighing 10 to 12 pounds or 20 minutes per pound for a larger one.
Cover ham with cold water and soak for 12 hours in 2 different waters to which has been added 1 cup vinegar for each gallon of water.
Remove and rinse in cold water.
Place in large pot or roaster on top of stove.
Pour over ham 1 gallon water, 1 cup black molasses and 1 cup vinegar. Cover and allow to come to a rolling boil, then lower heat and let simmer slowly until skin can be easily removed (about 2 hours). Remove ham from solution; remove skin and puncture at intervals with an ice pick and insert very small slivers of garlic.
Score fat in diamonds; dot with cloves and place in a preheated oven at 300\u00b0 for remaining cooking time, basting every 20 minutes with the juices that come from the ham.
Add water to pan as needed.
Allow to cool for a while before slicing.