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

Pickle for Brawn or Mock Brawn

Ingredients

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

Directions

Make the brine

In a large pot, combine the spring water, bran, and coarse sea salt.
Bring to a boil and cook for 2 hours.

Strain and finish

Skim off any foam, then strain the mixture.
If desired, add the vinegar and mix well.

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.