Our Farm of Four Acres and the Money We Made by It by Miss Coulton

Author:Miss Coulton [Coulton, Miss]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781499728941
Google: nf91oAEACAAJ
Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2014-05-30T05:31:43+00:00

CHAPTER X.

HOW WE CURED OUR HAMS.

I have now recounted our experience in keeping cows, pigs, chickens, ducks, rabbits, and pigeons; and with everything but the rabbits we were amply satisfied with the return we received for our labor. We had a constant supply of milk, butter, eggs, ducks, chickens, and pork, not only fresh, but in the shape of good hams and bacon.

I do not know whether it is not presumptuous, in the face of Miss Acton, Mrs. Rundle, and so many other authorities, not forgetting the great Alexis Soyer, to give "our method of curing" the last-mentioned dainties; but we think we may as well follow up the history of our pigs, from the sty to the kitchen. I always found that the recipes usually given for salting pork contained too much saltpetre, which not only renders the meat hard, but causes it to be very indigestible. The following is the manner in which they were cured by ourselves:

For each ham of twelve pounds weight:

Two pounds of common salt.

Two ounces of saltpetre.

¼ pound of bay salt.

¼ pound of coarse sugar.

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