To pickle Beef

The Experienced English Housekeeper · Elizabeth Raffald · 1784
Source
The Experienced English Housekeeper
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Ingredients (6)
brine
meat
Instructions (8)
  1. put sixteen quarts of cold water into a container
  2. add as much salt as will make it bear an egg
  3. add two pounds of bay salt
  4. add half a pound of salt-petre pounded small
  5. add three pounds of brown sugar
  6. mix all together
  7. put your beef into the mixture
  8. keep it in a dry cool place
Original Text
To pickle Beef. TAKE sixteen quarts of cold water, and put to it as much salt as will make it bear an egg, then add two pounds of bay salt, half a pound of salt-petre pounded small, and three pounds of brown sugar; mix all together, then put your beef into it, and keep it in a dry cool place.
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