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Savannah Morning News, October 25, 1861
Corned Beef
A lady asked us how to cure beef for plantation use, as the "cattle upon a thousand sand-hills are about to be sacrificed upon the alters of secession." An unexceptional recipe for corned beef is as following, which we have always used:
To every twenty-five pounds of beef, put one ounce of saltpetre, one pound of brown sugar and one quart of salt. Molasses will do as well as sugar. Rub the beef well with the mixture, and place it in a barrel so that the liquor exuding from the beef will cover it. Turn it every day, and in a week you will have fine corned beef. No water should be used. To preserve it for a long time, after a week pour off the liquor, boil it a short time, until the scum arises, remove that, and when cold, pour it again upon the beef. Beef so prepared will keep for many months, and be equal to the best "Boston Mess." For family use, there is no better recipe than the above; for plantation use, a little more salt may be used. Beef so prepared may be kept for a long time without becoming hard.
Columbia South Carolinian
Corned Beef
A lady asked us how to cure beef for plantation use, as the "cattle upon a thousand sand-hills are about to be sacrificed upon the alters of secession." An unexceptional recipe for corned beef is as following, which we have always used:
To every twenty-five pounds of beef, put one ounce of saltpetre, one pound of brown sugar and one quart of salt. Molasses will do as well as sugar. Rub the beef well with the mixture, and place it in a barrel so that the liquor exuding from the beef will cover it. Turn it every day, and in a week you will have fine corned beef. No water should be used. To preserve it for a long time, after a week pour off the liquor, boil it a short time, until the scum arises, remove that, and when cold, pour it again upon the beef. Beef so prepared will keep for many months, and be equal to the best "Boston Mess." For family use, there is no better recipe than the above; for plantation use, a little more salt may be used. Beef so prepared may be kept for a long time without becoming hard.
Columbia South Carolinian
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