Hams

            Bilbo removed the large ham from the oven and set it in front of Frodo.  He picked up a bowl of honey glaze and brushed the meat with it, then indicated that Frodo should take over.  Smiling, Frodo carefully stuck cloves into the ham in a honeycomb pattern, at last pinning a single preserved cherry in the center of each cell with a single toothpick.

            “Beautiful work, my lad!” Bilbo praised.  “Now, fifteen more minutes in the oven, and it will be ready for the table.  A feast for the eye as much as for the stomach, wouldn’t you say?”