Barbecue Pork and Beef

Ingredients

• Ninety pounds of meat
• V2 gal. vinegar
• 14 Tb each red and black pepper
• 14 Tb each red and black pepper
• 1 lb butter
• Vi lb salt per

Method

1. 1

   Dig a pit 14 inches deep.

2. 2

   Put chunks of wood and make fire.

3. 3

   When pit is hot, take out blazing wood, leaving only embers.

4. 4

   Lay 2x4 planks crosswise.

5. 5

   Rod the meat and lay on planks meat side down.

6. 6

   Do not let the meat get too hot at the start.

7. 7

   Turn the meat every thirty minutes.

8. 8

   At the third turning, use salt to brown the meat.

9. 9

   Keep fire supplied with embers from another pit or from sticks of wood burning some distance from the meat.

As published

This recipe was extracted from The new Annie Dennis cook book (1905) by Annie E. Dennis, page 189. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Barbecue Pork and Beef Dig a pit 14 inches deep. Put chunks of wood and make fire. When pit is hot take out blazing wood, leaving only embers. Lay 2x4 planks crosswise. Rod the meat and lay on planks meat side down. Do not let the meat get too hot at the start. Turn the meat every thirty minutes. At the third turning use salt to brown the meat. Ninety pounds of meat will re- quire about six hours to cook. Keep fire supplied with embers from another pit or from sticks of wood burning some distance from the meat. This is enough baste for 100 pounds of meat. Sauce V2 gal. vinegar 14 Tb each red and black pep- Vi lb salt per 1 lb butter

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