The art and mystery of curing, preserving, and potting all kinds of meats, game, and fish; also, the art of pickling and the preservation of fruits and vegetables

by Anonymous

THE ART AND MYSTERY
OF
CURING, PRESERVING, AND POTTING
ALL KINDS OF

MEATS, GAME, AND FISH;

ALSO
THE ART OF PICKLING AND THE PRESERVATION
OF
FRUITS AND VEGETABLES.
ADAPTED AS WELL FOR THE WHOLESALE DEALER AS ALL HOUSEKEEPERS.

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By a WHOLESALE CURER OF COMESTIBLES.

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LONDON:
CHAPMAN AND HALL, 193, PICCADILLY.
1864.

PREFACE.

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This treatise comprises light and heavy salting, saccharine and muriatic preservative fluids, drying by gentle heat and air currents, smoking with woods, peat and turfs, marinating of fish and bucaning[A] of meats, and the whole processes of potting, preserving, and pickling.