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Bacon

This recipe describes soaking and boiling fat and lean bacon in hot and cold water.

From an old cookbook · modernised transcription
From a historical cookbook (Internet Archive) · 4 ingredients
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Bacon

Ingredients

Directions

  1. Soak the fat bacon in hot water for a short time.

  2. Soak the lean bacon in cold water for a short time.

  3. Boil the fat bacon for about 45 minutes if it is young.

  4. Boil the lean bacon for a longer time if it is old.

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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