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sugar-cured

[ shoog-er-kyoord ]

adjective

  1. (especially of ham or bacon) cured in a mixture of sugar, salt, and sodium nitrate or sodium nitrite.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of sugar-cured1

First recorded in 1845–55; sugar ( def ) + cure ( def ) + -ed 2( def )

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Example Sentences

It is to be published on sugar-cured oilskin, the edition to be limited to two numbered copies—one for me and one for the ashcan.

For sugar-cured hams we append the best recipe we have ever used, though troublesome.

She first sawed an end from a fragrant, juicy, sugar-cured ham and put it to cook.

If you carefully follow these directions you will have delicious sugar-cured hams and bacon.

Some twenty or more fat hogs were killed, the hams and shoulders sugar-cured and smoked in a large stone smokehouse.

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