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Virginia Cured Hams

From The farm cook & rule book, 1923

Serves 1

Hickory wood is best for smoking.

Presented as published in 1923. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation below, not the original instructions.

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As published

This recipe was extracted from The farm cook & rule book (1923) by Nell Beaubien Nichols, page 102. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Virginia Ciired Hams Place the hams on a table covered with salt and sprinkle them with saltpeter until quite frosty. Use about 5 ounces of salt- peter for 100 pounds of meat. Salt and pile for 3 days, then salt again and leave in salt a day for every pound of meat

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