¼ teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon dry mustard
2 eggs, beaten
¼ cup milk
Heat oven to 350° F. (moderate). Melt butter or margarine in 4x9x3-inch loaf pan, measured across bottom. Stir in molasses and sugar; spread uniformly over bottom of pan. Arrange pineapple and cherries over molasses-butter mixture. Mix all ingredients for ham loaf in order given. Spread mixture in pan over pineapple; press down. Bake 1 hour. Turn out on hot platter with pineapple and cherries on top.
YIELD: 16 slices, ½ inch thick.
BARBECUE SAUCE
3 tablespoons butter or margarine
½ cup chopped onions
6-oz. can tomato paste