Ingredients

• Ham, cooked or smoked,1/2 to 1 lb. per person
• dijon mustard
• whole cloves
• brown sugar
• small can crushed pineapple
• 2 large russet potatoes
• cheddar cheese
• bacon
• milk, a little flour, salt and pepper

Directions 

Ham: 
Place ham fat side up on roasting pan. Make criss-cross cuts all along the top and insert cloves at the intersections covering the entire ham. Cook for 10-15 minutes per lb or until internal temp is 130. For glaze, drain pineapple and sqeeze all remaining juice out and disccard. Add an equal amount of brown sugar and a spoonful of dijon until it forms a paste. For last half-hour of baking pull out ham and apply paste all over top of ham. Finish cooking. Remove cloves, slice and serve. 

Potatoes: 
Wash potatoes and slice as thin as possible. Cook in microwave until just soft, about 2 minutes per potato. Melt 1 inch of butter in frying pan, add 1 handful of chopped onion, and cook over medium heat for 1 minute, add two spoonfuls flour. Stir until it becomes a paste. Add one cup milk. Stir constantly until it thickens, about 3 minutes. Set aside. Layer potatoes, cheese and bacon until pan is full. Pour sauce over potato layers and cook for 20 minutes or until all potatoes are soft. 
 

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