Brine for Tongue or Beef
Source: Hildagonda J. Duckitt, 1891
Ingredients
- 6 tablespoonful salt
- 2 tablespoonful brown sugar
- 1 tablespoonful saltpetre
- 2 cup water
- bay leaves
Instructions
- Put these ingredients together: 6 tablespoonfuls of salt; 2 tablespoonfuls of brown sugar; 1 tablespoonful of saltpetre; 2 cups of water; a few bay leaves.
- Pour over a tongue or lump of beef after it has been rough-salted.