To pickle Tongues for boiling

New system of domestic cookery, forme... · Rundell, Maria Eliza Ketelby · 1806
Source
New system of domestic cookery, formed upon principles of economy, and adapted to the use of private families
Time
Cook: 300 min Total: 300 min
Status
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Ingredients (4)
For pickling
Instructions (10)
  1. Cut off the root, leaving a little of the kernel and fat.
  2. Sprinkle some salt, and let it drain from the slime till next day.
  3. For each tongue, mix a large spoonful of common salt, the same of coarse sugar, and about half as much of saltpetre.
  4. Rub it well in, and do so every day.
  5. In a week add another heaped spoonful of salt.
  6. If rubbed every day, a tongue will be ready in a fortnight; but if only turned in the pickle daily, it will keep four or five weeks without being too salt.
Drying Tongues
  1. If you dry tongues, write the date on a parchment and tie on.
  2. Smoke them, or plainly dry them, if you like best.
Dressing Tongues
  1. When to be dressed, boil it extremely tender: allow five hours; and if done sooner, it is easily kept hot.
  2. The longer kept after drying, the higher it will be: if hard, it may require soaking three or four hours.
Original Text
To pickle Tongues for boiling. Cut off the root, leaving a little of the kernel and fat. Sprinkle some salt, and let it drain from the slime till next day: then, for each tongue, mix a large spoonful of common salt, the same of coarse sugar, and about half as much of saltpetre; rub it well in, and do so every day. In a week add another heaped spoonful of salt. If rubbed every day, a tongue will be ready in a fortnight; but if only turned in the pickle daily, it will keep four or five weeks without being too salt. If you dry tongues, write the date on a parchment and tie on. Smoke them, or plainly dry them, if you like best. When to be dressed, boil it extremely tender: allow five hours; and if done sooner, it is easily kept hot. The longer kept after drying, the higher it will be: if hard, it may require soaking three or four hours.
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