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underline To Make Hams /underline

One pound of bay salt, half a pound of common salt, two ounces of saltpeter, one Ounce of black peper, beat all this together in a marble morter then rub your hams well with it, let them lay four days, turning them & rubing them well every day - then put a pound & a half of treacle on them let them lay one mounth, then put them into water for 24 hours & afterwards hang them up to dry - to have them in perfection they should be cured before Christmass