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Hunter's Round, or Spiced Beef

To a round of beef that weighs twenty-five pounds, take the following: 3 ounces saltpetre. 1 ounce cloves. 1 ounce nutmeg. 1 ounce allspice. 1 pint salt.

Let the round of beef hang in a cool, dry place twenty-four hours. Take out the bone, and fill the space with suet and spices mixed. Rub the above ingredients all over the round; put in a wooden box or tub, turn it over occasionally and rub a small quantity of salt on it. Let it remain three weeks. Then make a stiff paste of flour and water, cover the round with it and set in the oven. Bake three hours slowly. Remove the paste when cold, and trim neatly the rough outside, and slice horizontally. Served only when cold.--Mrs.