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To Spice A Round Of Beef

To a round of beef mix together four tablespoonfuls brown sugar, three tablespoonfuls saltpetre; with this rub your beef well. Two teacups of salt, one teacup of cloves, one teacup of allspice (the spice must be ground fine).

Rub the beef thoroughly with these ingredients. Put it into a tub just large enough to hold it well; turn it every day in the pickle it makes. In four weeks it will be ready to eat. For forty pounds use two and a half pounds of beef suet. When beef is cooked place sticks across the bottom of the pot to prevent its burning