To Cure Hams

Ingredients

• 1.5 ounces saltpetre
• 1.5 ounces coarse sea salt
• 0.5 ounces sal-prunel
• 1 pound coarse sugar
• bran for covering

Directions

1. Hang the hams for a day or two.

2. Sprinkle with a little salt and drain for another day.

3. Mix saltpetre, coarse sea salt, sal-prunel, and sugar.

4. Rub the mixture into each ham daily for 3 weeks, turning it each day.

5. For small hams, turn every day for 3 weeks; for large hams, turn for 1 week but stop rubbing after 4 days.

6. Before frying, drain and cover with bran.

7. Smoke the ham for 10 days.