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Sportsman's Beef

Take a fine round of beef, 4 ounces saltpetre, ounce allspice, rub it well on the beef, and let it stand 24 hours; then rub in as much common salt brown sugar, 2 ounces. Proceed as in the last receipt. 1623. Το Preserve Butter from the Air. The best method to preserve butter from the air, is to fill the pots to within an inch of the top, and to lay on it common as will salt it. Lay it by 12 days, turning it coarse-grained salt, to the depth of or every day; then put it into a pan, such as large pies are baked in, with 3 or 4 pounds beefsuet, some under, some over. Cover it with a thick crust, and bake it for 6 hours. It will keep for 2 months, and most excellent it is. inch, and then to cover the pot up with any flat article that may be convenient. The salt, by long keeping, will run to brine, and form a layer on the top of the butter, which will