deviled ham

A mixture of ground ham with seasoning, making it spicy.

Noun

  1. A mixture of ground ham with seasoning, making it spicy.
    • Structures flabby; tongue coated heavily; appetite irregular; may not eat much through the day, but will eat the more at night. Has great fondness for goose livers, deviled hams, lobster salads, smoked tongues,...
    • Among the half-ton of canned goods were some canned meats which we have found a most welcome change from challona and charque and which we have eaten up, primarily to reduce weight, and with the secondary consideration...
    • Sherry brought a couple of beers and a plate of deviled ham spread on Ritz crackers. - 1996 April, anonymous, as told to Cathy Crimmins and Tom Maeder, chapter 1, in Primary Whites: A Novel Look at Right-Wing Politics,...

Origin

From associating hot or spicy food with the Devil; see devil (verb); compare deviled egg(s), deviled crab, devilled sausages.

Forms

deviled hams devilled ham