A Very Special Recipe for Pickling Hams

Name: A Very Special Recipe for Pickling Hams
Total time: 24 h
Cuisine: Northern Europe
Ingredients: moist sugar 2 lb.; saltpetre 4 oz.; Bay salt 1 lb.; common salt 1 lb.; thyme, sweet basil, marjoram, sweetbrier, tarragon; bay leaves 3; juniper berries ¼ lb.; salt prunella 2 oz.; thyme, sweet basil, marjoram, sweetbrier, tarragon; thyme, sweet basil, marjoram, sweetbrier, tarragon; thyme, sweet basil, marjoram, sweetbrier, tarragon; thyme, sweet basil, marjoram, sweetbrier, tarragon; 1 quart of the strongest old ale.; a few whole peppercorns and allspice; a few whole peppercorns and allspice

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Preparation info

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
24 hr

Appears in

Good Things in England

By Florence White

Published 1932

About

Ingredients

Bay salt 1 lb.
common salt 1 lb.
moist sugar

Europe
United Kingdom
Worcester
Breakfast
Gluten-free

Method

The moment the hams are cut from the hog they are to be rubbed with common salt.
Then placed upon a flat board, with another over them and two half-hundred-weights placed on the upper board over each ham – under this pressure they must remain 24 hours.
They are then taken up and wiped ready for the pickle which must be prepared in rea