Name: For One Hundred Pounds Corned Beef
Ingredients: 9 pounds coarse sea salt; 3 ounces saltpetre; 2 pounds brown sugar or molasses; 4 gallons water

For One Hundred Pounds Corned Beef

Ingredients

9 pounds coarse sea salt
3 ounces saltpetre
2 pounds brown sugar or molasses
4 gallons water

Directions

Combine salt, saltpetre, brown sugar (or molasses), and water in a large pot.
Boil the mixture, then skim off any impurities.
The brine is ready for use.
If storing for a long time, add 2 pounds of coarse sea salt after 2 weeks in brine.

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.