old English cures

[yotmon]

Came across a blog with these Bacon and Ham cures listed. I don't know who listed the original ones but they seem interesting. Don't forget, if you try to follow one of the recipes then limit the cure required to modern day amounts.

http://dangermencooking.blogspot.co.uk/ ... glish.html

[divani]

I have researched what "bay salt" means and apparently it is sea salt. Does anyone know why they would use "bay salt", "common salt" and "salt" in the same recipe? Thanks.

[BriCan]

I seem to recall that back then ( a tad just before my time ) that each one was totally different, twas the same with saltpeter -- three different types/names

[Tasso]

Here is a thread on this forum from 2012 about Bay Salt. One post says it is a coarse-grained salt produced in southern Europe by evaporation.