Get seven pounds of the udder of a prime five years old beast――when
much older it is worthless for this purpose――and one that has been
quickly fed up on grass; cut it in slices two inches thick and lay it
in the pickle made as follows:
Coarse sugar ½ lb.
Bay or rock salt 1½ lb.
Saltpetre 1 oz.
White pepper 1 oz.
Water 2 quarts
boiled and well skimmed. Let the meat lie in this thirty-six hours,
being well rubbed and turned occasionally, then wipe dry, and hang in a
quick draught of air for two days, after which it must be plentifully
rubbed all over with olive oil, and put into your chimney to be dried,
rather than smoked, forty-eight hours with
Oak sawdust 1 part
Beech chips 3 parts
Fern 2 parts
cut it now in pieces, and coat them nicely with the gelatine
composition. In two months it will be mellow and beautiful.