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To Corn Beef (For every hundred pounds)

For every hundred pounds of beef, take: 6 pounds salt. 2 pounds brown sugar. 2 ounces saltpetre. 3 or 4 ounces soda. 1 ounce red pepper.

The whole to be dissolved in four gallons of water. The beet must be closely packed in a barrel, and the mixture poured over so as to cover it. Let it stand a week or ten days, or longer if the weather is cold; then pour off the brine, boil it, and skim off the blood. Let it cool, and pour back on the beef. Warranted to keep.--Mrs. Dr. S.