3 lbs of treacle
2 lbs dark sugar
½ lbs Pepper
½ lbs Saltpetre
To be mixed well together & rubbed on the pork after it has been in salt 8 days.
Then to be put in the tub again for 8 days when it must be taken out & turned & the liquid that is in the bottom of the Tub rubbed over it again.
At the end of 8 or 10 days more to be hung up.
These ingredients are sufficient for a Pig about 180 lbs.
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