North Carolina Country Ham in Coca-Cola (1987)

Must prepare 1 day ahead of serving. 

• Country ham, any size
• 1 cup brown sugar
• Enough Coca Cola to make a paste
• Whole cloves
• 2 tbspns hot mustard

Soak ham in water overnight. Scrub WELL with stiff brush. Place ham in roaster and add 5 cups of boiling water. Place in cold oven, turn on oven to 500 degrees for 15 minutes, then turn oven off. Leave ham in oven for 3 hours; do not open oven door. Then turn oven on again to 500 degrees for 15 minutes, then turn off. Leave ham in oven overnight and do not disturb.

Next day, cut off fat except for 1 inch. Make paste with brown sugar, mustard, and Coca Cola. Score ham and cover with paste. Place cloves in each diamond from scoring. 

Bake at 350 degrees until brown which should be about 25 to 30 minutes. 

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Fried Ham and Ham Gravy (1967)

(Origin - "Southern Elegance - A Collection of the Best of Carolina Cuisine" by the Junior League of Gaston County, North Carolina. 1987. This recipe was by Sandy Rankin.)

Southern Coca-Cola Barbecue Sauce (1982)

• 
  1 onion, chopped
• 2 tbspns butter
• 2 cups catsup
• 10 oz Coca-Cola
• 1 bay leaf
• 1 tbspn Worcestershire sauce
• 1 tspn mustard
• 1 tspns vinegar
• 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
•  Salt and pepper, to taste

In a medium-sized saucepan, cook the onion in butter.

Add other ingredients and simmer for 1 hour, stirring occasionally.

("This is a rich, unctuous sauce that could be taken for the basis for a bottled sauce if you didn't know better. Good on chicken, ribs, or any pork.")

More "Lost" Recipes with Coca-Cola

Coca Cola Pancake Syrup (1948)

Coca Cola Cake with Buttermilk, Marshmallows (1982)

(Origin - "Cooking of the South" by Nathalie Dupree, published by Irena Chalmers Cookbooks, Inc, 1982)

Coca Cola Pancake Syrup (1948)

• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1-1/2 cups brown sugar
• 1/2 cup Coca-Cola
• Pinch of cinnamon

Stir all ingredients in pan and bring to a boil. Best served warm.

More "Lost" Coca-Cola Recipes

Coca-Cola Salad (1964)

Coca Cola Cake with Buttermilk, Marshmallows (1982)

(Origin - The Old South's Original Mountain and Plantation Cook Book" compiled by Louise and Bil Dwyer. Compiled in 1980. This is a collection of "old timey"  Southern recipes.) 

7-Up Barbecue Sauce (1957)

• 1 7-oz bottle 7-Up
• 1/4 cup catsup
• 1/4 cup chopped onions
• 1 tspn brown sugar
• 1 tspn Worcestershire sauce
• 1 tspn salt
• 1 tspn vinegar
• 1/4 tspn dry mustard
• 1/4 tspn celery seed
• dash of freshly ground pepper

Mix the above ingredients.  Baste ribs frequently with mixture.  

Special Hint - "Here's how to bring out the flavor of your favorite barbecue meat--- ribs, roast, or chicken. Each time the meat is turned, baste liberally with 7-Up.  It provides a special taste treat, and helps to tenderize the meat.  Use 7-Up barbecue sauce as desired, when basting."

(Origin - "You're Really Cooking When You're Cooking with Seven-Up!" by the Seven-Up Co of St Louis, Mo., 1957)

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Bourbon Teriyaki Marinade for Meats (1965)

Sherry Mushroom Sauce (1970)

Bordelaise Sauce (1951)

Veal Chasseur with Madeira Sauce (1958)

7-Up Pound Cake (1980)

• 2 sticks, butter
• 3 cups flour
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 5 eggs, beaten separately
• 1 tspn, almond or lemon flavoring
• 3 cups sugar
• 2 tspns vanilla
• 6 oz 7-Up

Cream together softened butter, sugar, and shortening.  One at a time, add beaten eggs to mixture, stirring well after each.  Add flour and mix well.

Add &-Up and remaining ingredients.  Baked in greased, floured angel food cake pan for 1 hour, 10 minutes.  

Test the cake for doneness. If more time needed, put foil over cake pan to keep lightly browned.

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Coca Cola Cake with Buttermilk, Marshmallows (1982)

Coca-Cola Salad (1964)

(Origin - "Faith Outreach Church Cookbook" in Huntington, West Virginia, 1980.)

Coca-Cola Salad (1964)

• 1 10-oz bottles Coca-Cola
• 1 3-oz box cherry Jell-o
• 1 small can, crushed pineapple
• 1 cup chopped nuts

Bring 1 bottle of Coca-Cola to a boil.  Dissolve cherry Jello in boiling Coca-Cola.  Sir in remaining ingredients.

Pour into glass dish (or mold). Chill. Cut into squares to serve.

(Origin - "Salads and Vegetables - Favorite Recipes of Home Economics Teachers" by Favorite Recipes Press, 1964. This recipe was by Nancy Milner Bugg of Corry Jr High School in Memphis, Tennessee.) 

Another "Lost" Coca-Cola Recipes
Coca Cola Cake with Buttermilk, Marshmallows (1982)

Coca Cola Cake with Buttermilk, Marshmallows (1982)

• 2 cups sugar
• 2 cups cake flour
• 1/2 cup Coca Cola
• 1/2 vegetable oil
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup buttermilk
• 2 eggs
• 3 tbspns cocoa
• 1 tspn vanilla extract
• 1 tspn baking soda
• 1 1/2 cup miniature marshmallows
• Icing with Coca Cola (see below)

Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Grease and flour a 9-x-13 pan.  Sift together sugar and flour in a large mixing bowl.  

Mix oil, butter, Coke and cocoa in a saucepan.  Bring to a boil and pour over dry mixture.  Beat well with mixer, whisk, or wooden spoon until smooth.  Beat in buttermilk, eggs, soda, vanilla extract, and marshmallows. 

Batter will be thin.  Pour into pan; marshmallows will float to top.  Bake 45 minutes, or until a cake tester inserted in middle comes out clean.  Remove from oven.  Ice while still warm.

Coca-Cola Icing

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/3 cup Coca Cola
• 6 tbspns cocoa
• 1 box confectioner's sugar, sifted
• 1 tspn vanilla extract
• 1 cup chopped pecans

Mix butter, Coke, and cocoa in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Remove from heat. Add confectioner's sugar and vanilla; beat until smooth.  Stir n pecans.  Spread over cake while icing is hot and cake is warm.

(Origin - "The Pirate's House Cook Book" compiled and tested by Sarah Gaede, 1982. The Pirate's House Restaurant is located in Savannah, Georgia. "Since 1753, The Pirate's House has been welcoming visitors to Savannah with a bounty of delicious food and drink and rousing good times...The Pirate's House first opened as an inn for seafarers, and fast became a rendezvous for blood-thirsty pirates and sailors from the Seven Seas.")

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