Name: Pickle for Brawn or Mock Brawn
Ingredients: 1 gallon spring water; 1 quart bran; ¼ pound coarse sea salt; 1 pint vinegar (optional)

Pickle for Brawn or Mock Brawn

Ingredients

1 gallon spring water
1 quart bran
¼ pound coarse sea salt
1 pint vinegar (optional)

Directions

In a large pot, combine the spring water, bran, and coarse sea salt.
Bring to a boil and cook for 2 hours.
Skim off any impurities and strain the mixture.
If desired, stir in the vinegar before using.

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: Provides the flavour base that the brine carries into the pickle liquid.
Coarse sea salt: Seasons the liquid and helps preserve it by drawing moisture out of foods.
Vinegar: Adds acidity that sharpens the flavour of the finished pickle 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.