To Preserve Meat Fresh for a Few Days
Ingredients
Directions
Submerge the meat in water running from a spring.
Examine the meat daily; when it begins to rise from the bottom, it must be used.
Cook the meat by boiling or roasting.
Store the meat in a covered box or tub that allows water to flow freely.
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.
You might also like
Green Corn Pudding64 recipes
Cornmeal mush12 recipesLike knowing why a recipe works?
The free Flavor Lab newsletter: one surprising pairing a week and the molecular reason it works, in 60 seconds. No spam, unsubscribe anytime.
Prefer an account? Create a free account to save pairings and unlock the full chemistry.