Beef Tongues (A Suffolk Receipt)

Ingredients

• 1 large beef tongue
• 0.5 lb salt
• 0.75 lb coarse sugar
• 2 oz saltpetre

Instructions

1. Mix together half a pound of salt, two ounces of saltpetre, and three quarters of a pound of coarse sugar.
2. Rub the tongue daily with this pickle mixture.
3. Turn the tongue in the pickle each day.
4. Continue for five weeks, until the tongue is fit to be dressed or smoked.