Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1852-08-24
NEetheds OF Curing Priae lEnn.s.


RES before Christ. EjQ n-gs
Methods of Caring Prize HENS. 500
The hams of Virginia and Maryland have long
enjoyed wide celebrity. At the last exhibition of
the Maryland State Agricultural Society, fourpre-
miums were awarded foE hams. We are informed
by those who had an opportunity of examining
them, that they were ofthe first quality. The fol-
lowing are the receipts by which these hams were
cured:
4. e. HaMbleton's Feeiple-1st pEe1nitun-To
every 100 pounds of pork, take pounds Of GA.
salt, ounces salPene, pounds brown sugar, Il
ounces of potash, and gallons OF water. Nix the
above, and pour the brine over.the meat, after i
has laid in the tub some two days. Let the hams
remain six weeks in brine, and then be dried sever
al days before smoking. have generally had the
meatTubbed with fine saItwhen it is packed down
the meat should be perfectly cool before packing
u Clients recipe-2d iians-Eo LOG pounds
pork, take half buShel and half peck OF salt,
s pounds saitpetre, pounds sugar and quarts of
molasses MiG-rub the bacon with it well ); keep
on for weeks in all but at the end of nine days
take out the hams, and put those which We're at the
top, at the bottom. Il fsnF .st 4. 80 : .,li
Il. Breaks .Jr.' s Tecipe-Sd premium. -0neb BUSH
fine salt half bushel ground alum salt, one and a
half pounds saltpetIe to the thousand pounds pork
left to lie in pickle weeks, hung up and smoked
with ickory wood until the Tin0 becomes a dark
brown. ei ~ ~
C. D.Singhf 3 recipe ii PreEitIm,-71T'o 100
lbs. green hams, take pounds ground alum salt,
pounds brown sugar or IioasSeS equivalent, 2 OF.
saltpete, 2 OK pearlash, and4 gallons water-dis-
solve well, Skimning of the scum arising on the
surface. Pack the hams compactly in a tight yes-
sci or cask, rubbing the feShy part with fine salt.
In day or two pour the above pickle over the meat
taking care to keep it covered with the pickle. IN
four or six weeks according to the size and weight
of the HAMS that is say, CHE longer period for the
heavy hamS hang up to smoke, hook up, smoking
with green hickory wood. l have put up hams for
the last II OF Is years by the above recipe, with
uniform success, equal at all times to the sample
now presented. t-AHi i',- atI .talht etS-iEVEEE
To the above we add the following, which we,
as well as many Others, have very satisfa ctorilY
proved: k 10 h .!a1..+... a...s s.,
For every one hundred pounds of meat, take FIVE
Ipnts of good molaSSes, Tor lbs. of brown Sugarl
five ounces saltpetre, and eight pounds rock salt;
three gallons of water, and boil the ingredients
over gentle fire, skimrning off the scum or froth
1t rises Continue the boiling until the salt SC.
is dissolved. Have the hams nicely cut and trim
med, packed'in casks with the shank end down,
/ as the pickle will thus strike m better, When
the pickle, prepared as above, is cooled to blood
lIheat, pour it over the hams. They may lie in
pickle from two to six weeks, according to the
sze of he pieces or the state of the weather,
time being required in cold, thar in warm wealth
en- Beefo mutton hams, intended for smoking
and drying, may be cured acco riding to this mode,
and viii be found excellent.
king r6ey sS5nlJ ~ Hung at mch5 4 distance
from the Te ne mot IN ne Heated = IThev shon1d
also be hung up,with the shank md downward,
dSonnns hams. wnted for iTnn1eaiate ,,se
will answer with twoweeks smoking, but larger
s SnnSI, fonr SreeEs or more
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