Potted Salmon

To pot means to pack thoroughly cooked meat or fish so as to exclude all the air, then to seal the top with butter. For potted dishes, butter must be clarified, for the milky liquid in regular butter makes food spoil more quickly. When properly done, the mixture can be kept for several months – a necessity in the days before refrigeration. Jamaica pepper is allspice, one of the only spices native to the Western Hemisphere. Salprunella is a type of saltpetre.

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