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The Holiday Ham

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SCORED
Before glazing, the ham's surface is cut in a crosshatch of shallow diamonds — this is called scoring. It opens the rind so the glaze can sink in and caramelize deep into every groove.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
CLOVES
Whole cloves pressed into the scored ham do double duty: they perfume the meat as it roasts and act as tiny anchors, holding the glaze in place. Their warm, spicy scent is one of the most recognizable holiday kitchen aromas.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
PINEAPPLE
Canned pineapple rings baked onto a holiday ham became a mid-20th-century American classic, partly popularized by the Dole company's recipe campaigns after canned pineapple grew widely available in the 1920s.Find this word in the grid to read its note.
SPIRAL
The spiral-cut ham — pre-sliced in one continuous ribbon around the bone — was patented by Harry Hoenselaar, who founded the HoneyBaked Ham Company in Detroit in 1957.Find this word in the grid to read its note.

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Holiday ham word search — free and large-print. Brown sugar, cloves, pineapple rings, and the proud platter carried to the table.

About Food & Home

A glazed ham on a holiday table is one of the most welcoming sights in American home cooking — scored in diamonds, each intersection pressed with a whole clove, then lacquered to a deep mahogany with brown sugar, honey, and mustard. Pineapple rings, perhaps a maraschino cherry at every center, anchor the sweet-savory tradition that became a centerpiece of Christmas and Easter tables across the country. The carving fork and the good platter come out of the cabinet only a few times a year, and their appearance alone signals that the occasion is something worth gathering for.

How to play

  1. 1
    Find a word from the list.Press the first letter and drag to the last — across, down or diagonally, forwards or back. Or tap the first letter, then the last.
  2. 2
    It stays marked.Found words get a soft teal line through them, on the grid and in the list.
  3. 3
    Make it comfortable.Use the A / A+ / A++ size control any time, or pinch the grid for a closer look.

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