Take fully cured Corned Beef and cut it up into different sizes, and pack it nicely into a cooked corned beef press, sprinkling a little Zanzibar Brand Corned Beef Seasoning between each layer of meat so as to give it a delicious flavor. All Butchers’ Supply Houses sell presses made especially for this purpose. After packing the pieces of Meat into the press, screw it up tight; then put the press which has been filled, into hot water, of a temperature of 180 F., and leave it there for one and a half hours, then reduce the temperature to 170 degrees and leave it there for one hour longer. A very large press might require three hours cooking before the meat would be cooked through. After the meat is thoroughly cooked, place the press in the cooler and let it remain there over night. The following morning the Corned Beef will be thoroughly chilled and can be taken out of the press.
In the summer it is a good plan to dip the cake of Cooked Corned Beef, after it is removed from the press, into Hot Lard for a second, or even Hot Tallow. This will coat it so it will not become mouldy, and it will keep much better than without dipping it.
Pressed Cooked Corned Beef is an elegant article, is a good seller and very often women would be only too pleased to be able to buy this from the butcher and would be willing to pay good prices for it if they could only obtain it. Butchers should give more attention to preparations of this kind, as they would help greatly in developing business.
How to Cure Beef Hams and Shoulder Clots.
{ 6 lbs. of Common Salt. Use for 100 lbs. { 1 lb. of =Freeze-Em-Pickle=. =Small Beef Hams= { 2 lbs. of Granulated Sugar. =and Shoulder Clots.= { 5 gals. of Cold Water. { Cure in this brine 50 to 60 { days.
{ 7 lbs. of Common Salt. Use for 100 lbs. { 1 lb. of =Freeze-Em-Pickle=. =Medium Beef Hams= { 2 lbs. of Granulated Sugar. =and Shoulder Clots.= { 5 gals. of Cold Water. { Cure in this brine 60 to 70 { days.
{ 8 lbs. of Common Salt. Use for 100 lbs. { 1 lb. of =Freeze-Em-Pickle=. =Heavy Beef Hams= { 2 lbs. of Granulated Sugar. =and Shoulder Clots=. { 5 gals. of Cold Water. { Cure in this brine 75 to 80 { days.
The sugar used must be Pure Granulated Sugar; yellow or brown sugar must not be used.