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The Home Curing of Ham.
Mct1 1 nd'i and Systt m s Dr'irribcd,
()\ T R \RY to the . 0pini~n.., of
no t a. !f'W i>{'op!,..
there j, 111 .1rt 1n cunng ham . 1 o 1\l,lkr a
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fh<' t c ar<', o < om s1 , many
~ffft•rE>nt 5,strms of curing-. ham ,, but th.• follow.
ing are t h<' most J>Opular m th" < o unt1 ' :-~
n sltdzirc Me thod.
\\' lwn < uring- in what i<: kno\Vn as th e " \ViJt.
. , 'l• 1 t 1 od " 1\rst tah.l' thr ee n iu · firm ha 111 ..
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\\ t•i•rhing about ro lb . t>,tr 1 n 1u t 1e-m With r om.
nwJ~ , 3 Jt to d 1 Ul"~" tht' lll tho rou g hh , lay thm 1
in cl Ql '{')l I ar tiH nw .l.t''(' pan, and rq><'~ll th" OpPra-
tion ( \\ir•• mM~ at H~te-t·vals of twenl)~fou r hours,
n·mo,·in" thl' duty hnnc at the c;ame tmw . Thrn ,
h:n ing ~H<'p:trNI a mixtur<> compos<'d of ~ lb. of
, , 1 Jtpt"tr(' hruisro to a rnth<'r fin(' powd r' r, a similar
proportion 0f c:alt pnm<'lla , .llld ~ lh o f ord inan
,aft. ,wll .,jft l"d t og ~"thl"r , prO<'I"I"d to . n th it into
c\·l'ry portion o~ th e ham .. , put tlv m. till<> a rl~an
p: 11 , and r uh d.11 lv fo•· thri'P cb~ '· ~to n n g th" \'f's~l
in , 1 C'\)ol plnre lllf' :t ll \Y h il( : ;~t th<' <'XJ?irat ion of thP
rrr· . . r rihrcl trnn lh< \' should h-> fairly c;oft and
pli,th!.. Empt~ 13 lh. of brown rnoi~t c;ug-nr-ham
.,twnr, ne: tlw .. p<'rin l kind c:old for th<- purpo"r i-.
::r ~l'rally rnll('d- i n to n lar gr snuc~' pan, a dd roo lb.
,f c:alt. :1nd 6~ lb. of g-ood da rk trl'aclf', pour in
:-; t::'.11lon" of watf'l, :lnd boil th<' liquid for "omr
rhirt\· to fort' minutl'c:, c;k imrning- fr<'qU ~"n tlv until
it ic; . ab-;olut,.h dNlr.
Po ur su ffi ri f'nt o f thP boiJ.
ing- pidd" OVf'l' the hnmc; 'to <'ompl<'tf" h' immrrc;1•
th;.•m , r o\'1 , th " pan rlo-..('h', !-l'l a hf"avv \\f·i~ht
upon thf' lid In kN•p i l well down, nnd l E' ~ \'!' thrm
in it, turn;n~ thl'm :1nd rubbing thl' picld(' wr'l\ inl()
llwrn Nlrh morni ng- for th rN' WN·k c: or a m0nth \ t
thf' r>nd of thic; p4'r iod tl1rv will be fi t roit hf"r fnr
(·:ttin!!' :tt onr<' or f or c;mok ing, but a g-rr•l"n h:tm.
r>r"p:m , n.1h it thorouc-hh' intn
~'wn· P:t rt of thf" m,.,at . lm· t h<' h amc: in :t dl'f'fl
o nn
CO\ 'I'r thf'm with thn ·mix turf'
and ll't . t~m
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