677 Home-style spit-roasted veal

• 15–20 lbs veal
• ¾ lb pork fat
• ½

(Proportions for 20–25 persons): Salt the hindquarter of a well-marbled calf in the evening, sew it up in a clean napkin* or piece of linen, and bury 2 arshins deep in the good earth. The next day, that is, 12 hours later, dig it up and remove the cloth but do not wash the veal. Grate about 4