Pig's Cheek for boiling

New system of domestic cookery, forme... · Rundell, Maria Eliza Ketelby · 1806
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New system of domestic cookery, formed upon principles of economy, and adapted to the use of private families
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Ingredients (3)
Instructions (6)
  1. Cut off the snout, and clean the head.
  2. Divide it, take out the eyes and the brains.
  3. Sprinkle the head with salt, and let it drain twenty four hours.
  4. Salt it with common salt and saltpetre.
  5. Let it lie eight or ten days, if to be dressed without stewing with peas; but less, if to be dressed with peas.
  6. It must be washed first, and then simmered till all is tender.
Original Text
Pig’s Cheek for boiling. Cut off the snout, and clean the head: divide it, take out the eyes and the brains, and sprinkling the head with salt, let it drain twenty four hours. Salt it with common salt and saltpetre. Let it lie eight or ten days, if to be dressed without stewing with peas; but less, if to be dressed with peas; and it must be washed first, and then simmered till all is tender.
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