To forty-five pounds of beef take two quarts coarse salt, one pound brown sugar, one teaspoon saltpetre. Mix all well together, and rub the meat thick with it. Keep rubbing it on until all is gone. Let it lie for two weeks, then take it out, pour boiling water over it, and hang it up in a dry place.

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Take six pounds alum salt, half pound brown sugar, half ounce saltpetre, four gallons water. Boil these ingredients until they are dissolved, taking off the scum as it rises. Let this get quite cool, then pour it on the meat. Do not take more meat than the pickle will cover.