Beef Hams

Ingredients

• Three ounces of treacle
• one pound of coarse brown sugar
• one pound of salt
• one ounce of bay-salt
• one of saltpetre pounded together
• half an ounce of coarse black pepper
• Get a leg of beef shaped like a ham

Method

1. 1

   Lay the beef in a dish and baste it with the pickle four times a day for the first week, three times for the second week, and twice a day for the last fortnight.

2. 2

   After a month, drain, dry, and roll it in bran, then smoke for two to three weeks.

3. 3

   Secure in canvas and wash with lime.

4. 4

   Hang in a dry store.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Cassell's dictionary of cookery (1892) by Cassell & Company, page 219. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Beef Hams. — Take beer in quantity enough to mix tlie following ingredients: — Three ounces of treacle, one pound of coarse brown sugar, one pound of salt, one ounce of bay-salt, and one of saltpetre pounded together, and half an ounce of coarse black pepper. Get a leg of beef shaped like a ham

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