sugar-cured

[ shoog-er-kyoord ]

/ ˈʃʊg ərˌkyʊərd /

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adjective

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

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Origin of sugar-cured

First recorded in 1845–55; sugar + cure + -ed²

Words nearby sugar-cured

sugarcane, sugarcane borer, sugarcoat, sugarcoating, sugar corn, sugar-cured, sugar daddy, sugar date, sugar diabetes, sugared, sugar-free

How to use sugar-cured in a sentence

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.
Bizarre|Lawton Mackall
For sugar-cured hams we append the best recipe we have ever used, though troublesome.
Burroughs' Encyclopaedia of Astounding Facts and Useful Information, 1889|Barkham Burroughs
She first sawed an end from a fragrant, juicy, sugar-cured ham and put it to cook.
A Girl Of The Limberlost|Gene Stratton Porter
If you carefully follow these directions you will have delicious sugar-cured hams and bacon.
Every Step in Canning|Grace Viall Gray

Some twenty or more fat hogs were killed, the hams and shoulders sugar-cured and smoked in a large stone smokehouse.
Two Wars: An Autobiography of General Samuel G. French|Samuel Gibbs French