Beef, to salt

The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New ... · Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady · 1840
Ingredients (5)
for the pickle
for the beef
Instructions (4)
  1. boil all together
  2. skim
  3. put on the beef when cold
  4. the beef to be kept under the pickle with a weight
Original Text
Beef, to salt. Eight pounds of salt, six ounces of saltpetre, one pound and a half of brown sugar, four gallons of water; boil all together, skim and put on the beef when cold; the beef to be kept under the pickle with a weight.
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