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Preserved Meat

This recipe uses saltpetre, which may pose food safety risks.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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Preserved Meat

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Combine the salt, saltpetre, and water in a large container to create a brine.

  2. Use this brine to preserve lean strips of meat, ensuring they are thoroughly soaked to prevent decomposition.

  3. When preparing the meat for serving, use fat or lard and flavor with vegetables, herbs, and good gravy.

Recipe from a historical cookbook (Internet Archive).

Transcribed from a scanned cookbook and modernised for today's kitchens. Where the book gave no heat or time, or said "a moderate oven", the temperatures and times here may be modern equivalents rather than the book's own figures.

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