Mock Brawn

The housekeeper's instructor; or, uni... · William Augustus Henderson · 1791
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The housekeeper's instructor; or, universal family cook
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success · extracted 12 days ago
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Ingredients (8)
Instructions (13)
  1. Rub the pork head and belly-piece with salt-petre and let them lay three days.
  2. Wash them clean.
  3. Split the head and boil it, take out the bones, and cut it into pieces.
  4. Boil four cow-heels until tender, then cut them into thin pieces.
  5. Lay the cut cow-heels and the head pieces in the belly-piece of pork.
  6. Roll it up tight with sheet-tin.
  7. Boil it for four to five hours.
  8. When it comes out, set it up on one end.
  9. Place a trencher on it within the tin and press it down with a large weight.
  10. Let it stand all night.
  11. The next morning, take it out of the tin and bind it with a fillet.
  12. Put it into cold salt and water.
  13. If you change the salt and water every four days, it will keep for a long time.
Original Text
Mock Brawn. TAKE the head, and a piece of the belly-part of a young porker, and rub them well with salt-petre. Let them lay three days, and then wash them clean. Split the head and boil it, takes out the bones, and cut it into pieces. Then take four cow-heels boiled tender, cut them in thin pieces, and lay them in the belly-piece of pork, with the head cut small. Then roll it up tight with sheet-tin, and boil it four or five hours. When it comes out, set it up on one end, put a trencher on it within the tin, press it down with a large weight, and let it stand all night. Next morning take it out of the tin, and bind it with a fillet. Put it into cold salt and water, and it will be fit for use. If you change the salt and water every four days, it will keep for a long time.
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