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Pickle for Brawn or Mock Brawn

A brine made from spring water, bran, sea salt, and optional vinegar, used to pickle brawn or mock brawn.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Pickle for Brawn or Mock Brawn

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Combine 1 gallon of spring water, 1 quart of bran, and ¼ pound of coarse sea salt in a large pot.

  2. Bring the mixture to a boil, then simmer for 2 hours.

  3. Skim off any impurities and strain the liquid.

  4. Optionally, add 1 pint of vinegar for extra flavor.

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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What each ingredient does

Bran
Gives the brine its body and flavor as it simmers.
Coarse sea salt
Seasons the liquid and helps preserve it.
Vinegar
Adds acidity and a sharper flavor to the finished liquid.

“What each ingredient does” and “The step that matters” were written by Claude from this recipe’s own method and reviewed in samples by CompKitchen.

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