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Do not attempt to corn beef that has not been fresh killed in summer.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
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To Corn Beef

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Wash the beef well after soaking it in cold water.

  2. Drain and examine the beef, removing all kernels.

  3. Rub the beef generously with coarse sea salt.

  4. In cold weather, warm the salt before use to help it penetrate the meat.

  5. In summer, only corn fresh-killed beef, and use it within two days.

  6. Wash and dry the beef, then rub in more salt.

  7. Cover the beef and store it in a cold, dry cellar.

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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