POTTED HAM, that will keep Good for some time (I)

Ingredients

• 4 lb lean ham
• 1 lb fat
• 2 teaspoonful pounded mace
• 1/2 nutmeg grated
• rather more than 1/2 teaspoonful of cayenne
• clarified lard

Instructions

1. Mince the ham, fat and lean together in the above proportion, and pound it well in a mortar, seasoning it with cayenne pepper, pounded mace, and nutmeg;
2. put the mixture into a deep baking-dish, and bake for 1/2 hour;
3. then press it well into a stone jar, fill up the jar with clarified lard, cover it closely, and paste over it a piece of thick paper.
4. If well seasoned, it will keep a long time in winter, and will be found very convenient for sandwiches, &c.