TONGUES, to Cure.
Ingredients.—9 lbs. of salt, 8 oz. of sugar, 9 oz. of powdered saltpetre. Mode.—Rub the above ingredients well into the tongues, and keep them in this curing mixture for 2 months, turning them every day. Drain them from the pickle, cover with brown paper, and have them smoked for about 3 weeks. Time.—The tongues to remain in pickle 2 months; to be smoked 3 weeks. Sufficient.—The above quantity of brine sufficient for 12 tongues, of 5 lbs. each. Seasonable at any time.