Beef for scraping

The Lady's Own Cookery Book, and New ... · Bury, Charlotte Campbell, Lady · 1840
Ingredients (3)
Instructions (5)
  1. Take four pounds of lean buttock of beef.
  2. Take one ounce of saltpetre and some common salt.
  3. In which let the meat lie for a month.
  4. Then hang it to dry for three weeks.
  5. Boil it for grating when wanted.
Original Text
Beef for scraping. To four pounds of lean buttock of beef take one ounce of saltpetre and some common salt, in which let the meat lie for a month; then hang it to dry for three weeks. Boil it for grating when wanted.
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