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I had prepared these ham buns when the recipe first was featured in my TOH recipe book and I had adjusted the recipe as follows: I chopped the onion I used, rather than grated it and I used 2 tsp. spicy brown mustard. Dijon mustard can be used instead! I used shredded<\/p>
Cheddar cheese. I admit that when I made these ham buns, I LOVED them! I devoured them!<\/p>
They were so tasty! This was a long time back when I'd made these ham buns, but at that time, I didn't have access to a computer to rate recipes! delowenstein<\/p>","CommentId":2,"DateRated":"","GUID":"d052fe7a9f4541dabf871f32b43f88ca","MemberId":3766053,"Rating":5,"ScreenName":"delowenstein","SubmittedDate":"02\/01\/2014 04:37"},{"Comment":"","CommentId":3,"DateRated":"08\/01\/2011 14:49","GUID":"EB66FDFFAFD243E78C5F2C3927BB67B1","MemberId":1484431,"Rating":0,"ScreenName":"Mirage87","SubmittedDate":"08\/01\/2011 14:49"},{"Comment":"
This is so easy. My kids love it. Great for leftover ham.<\/p>","CommentId":4,"DateRated":"05\/18\/2011 18:12","GUID":"deffe3e122c14f80b9d290aa6592cf19","MemberId":4522021,"Rating":5,"ScreenName":"mtad","SubmittedDate":"05\/18\/2011 18:12"},{"Comment":"
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