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Salt Smoked Meat

Another short recipe from Philippine Welser’s collection tonight. 234 How to make good salted (diges) meat that turns red Item whoever wants to make salted (diges) meat so it turns nicely red and tastes good, whether it is ox tongues … Continue reading

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Salting meat for garrison troops (meat preservation bonus episode)

This is the relevant section from Fronsperger’s Besatzung, a treatise on managing garrison troops and defending fortresses. It is has many similarities with Coler’s Oeconomia and notably, instruction for proto-pastrami. And when bacon is to be had in the towns … Continue reading

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Salting bacon (meat preservation part 5)

Onward in the Oeconomia: Coler’s word on bacon and its dishonest sellers To salt bacon and keep it long (marginalia: bacon, how it is to be salted and kept for a long time) You salt bacon just as you do … Continue reading

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