To salt a Leg of Mutton

The Experienced English Housekeeper · Elizabeth Raffald · 1784
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The Experienced English Housekeeper
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Instructions (6)
  1. Pound one ounce of bay salt, and half an ounce of salt-petre.
  2. Rub it all over your leg of mutton.
  3. Let it lie all night.
  4. The next day salt it well with common salt.
  5. Let it lie a week or ten days.
  6. Then hang it up to dry.
Original Text
To salt a Leg of Mutton. POUND one ounce of bay salt, and half an ounce of salt-petre, and rub it all over your leg of mutton, and let it lie all night; the next day salt it well with common salt, and let it lie a week or ten days, then hang it up to dry.
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