349. Salt Pork

The Modern Housewife · Soyer, Alexis · 1849
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The Modern Housewife
Time
Cook: 120 min Total: 120 min
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Ingredients (6)
Instructions (5)
  1. Salt pork in the same manner as described for beef, omitting the sal-prunella, but of course not requiring so long a time.
  2. A leg weighing seven pounds would be well salted in a week.
  3. A hand and spring weighing about ten pounds would be well salted in a week.
  4. Boil either the leg or the hand and spring for two hours, putting them in a stewpan with cold water.
  5. Serve with carrots, greens, and pease pudding.
Original Text
349. Salt Pork.—Pork is salted in the same manner as described for beef, omitting the sal-prunella, but of course not requiring so long a time; a leg weighing seven pounds would be well salted in a week, as also would a hand and spring weighing about ten pounds, and either would require two hours boiling, putting them in a stewpan, with cold water, and serving with carrots and greens and pease pudding.
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