But to come a quicker Way to
cure these Tongues, in the Pickle, as we do generally, is to make a Brine
or Pickle in the following manner; that is, take a quantity of Water, and
make a Pickle of it with common Salt, boil'd till it will bear an Egg; and
then put in to every Pound of Salt, half an Ounce of Nitre, or Salt-Petre;
and when the Pickle is cold, throw in your Tongues: which is the quickest
Way. But for drying of them, the Smoking-Closets will do perfectly well,
only we have not always those Conveniencies.
The _Smoking-Closets,_
It is to be observ'd, from your own Writings, That the Smoking-Closets are
of great use in curing of Hams; and they are no less useful in drying of
Tongues. I have, in a place, in the Country, one of them in a Garret, where
we enclose a Room of ten foot Square, where is a Chimney, into which, by a
Register, we let in the Smoke from the Fire, which is made on a Hearth, on
the ground Floor; so that the Smoke then does not come too hot on the
Tongues, and so preserves them from turning rusty. This is much the best
way of curing them, and one may cure, in such a Room, fourscore dozen at a
time. This Place, likewise, we cure our Hung-Beef in. We have try'd some
Sheeps Tongues, salted only in a Brine of common Salt, and dry'd in such a
Room; and they are very red, and well tasted, though there is no Salt-Petre
used in the Pickle.
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