Spare Ribs for Southern Trade
Ingredients
Directions
Split the spare ribs in two lengthwise.
Pack 260 lbs of ribs per tierce.
Sprinkle 10 ounces of fine saltpeter over the ribs.
Fill the tierce with 90 degree pickle.
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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