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THE RURAL NEW-YORKER 
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MIXED PICKLES. 
One quart of large cucumbers sliced ; one 
quart of very small cucumbers whole; two 
quarts of small onions; two quarts of 
green tomatoes sliced; one quart of very 
small tomatoes whole ; two heads of cauli¬ 
flower ; three large green peppers ; one gal¬ 
lon of vinegar : half pound of ground mus¬ 
tard ; cup of flour; 1 % pound of sugar; 
one ounce of tumeric. Scald in brine until 
tender, stir the tumeric, mustard, p ourand 
’ sugar with one quart of vinegar, cook this 
in one gallon of vinegar, then put in the 
vegetables and cook until done. 
MRS. G. w. 
Mixed pickles may comprise small green 
tomatoes, cucumbers, beans, peppers, rad¬ 
ish pods, onions, cabbage—very little onion 
is required. Cut the larger vegetables into 
small pieces. Place all in a jar and pour 
over them a very weak brine which should 
be boiling hot. Let stand till cold; then 
put them in a bag and drain over-night. 
In the morning pour over them—in the jar 
—enough hot good cider-vinegar to cover 
them completely. When this is cool pour 
it off. Add for each quart of vinegar one 
tea spoonful of salt and one of pepper, two 
table-spoonfuls of celery and white mustard 
seed with one half coffee-cupful of brown 
sugar. Boil for 15 minutes; pack the pickles 
in jars; pour the liquid over them while 
hot, seal or not as you choose. If left open 
a little horse-radish root will prevent mold 
from gathering on top and the vegetables 
should be kept below the liquor by placing 
a slight weight upon the plate or board 
that covers them. For sweet pickles, use 
one pound of brown sugar to a quart of 
vinegar. T. D. 
ABOUT DRIED BEEF. 
I have recently been watching an experi¬ 
ment in keeping beef without salt. Two 
farmers in this vicinity during drying 
weather in early winter killed a beef, and 
having hung it up in the air, used the meat 
as they wanted it all winter. One of them 
says that his meat treated in this way has 
never become spoiled. Another man in 
West Chester keeps meat for dogs in the same 
way and claims that none was ever spoiled 
that had been hung up in good weather. 
On January 21st I bought half a beef that 
had been killed the day before. I cut it up 
and salted what we did not want to use 
fresh. The rib-pieces were cut up into con. 
venient sizes and hung up in a room I had 
built on top of the house for drying beef 
in summer. The weather had been warm 
and moist for some time but cleared off on 
the day the animal was killed, and re¬ 
mained clear about four days. The beef 
cooled nicely and a dry crust got on the 
outside of the pieces that were hung up 
before the weather changed ; then followed 
some of the worst weather for keeping 
meat I ever knew in the winter time. I 
took down the last piece on February 20th 
—four weeks after it had been hung up— 
and it was in perfect condition. 
On February 22 I hung up some mutton 
that had been killed the day before in good 
weather, and I will leave some to see how 
long it will keep, and report. The condi¬ 
tions of success are to kill the animal in 
good weather, cool the meat quickly and 
hang it where there is plenty of air. If a 
crust dries on the outside before the weather 
changes, I believe the meat will keep. 
To salt beef for drying, I separate the 
rounds at the seams, or use any good pieces 
that I can get in that way without bone. 
In pieces cut in that way there are no pock¬ 
ets that do not dry out, and in cutting 
across the end, one always cuts squarely 
across the grain, which makes the shaved 
meat much tenderer. There will be some 
small pieces, but they can be used before 
they get too dry. In salting, I begin with 
the largest pieces; rub them all over with 
fine salt, leave on all of it that adheres 
and pack as closely as I can in a tub. In two 
days I take the meat out, drain off the 
bloody brine, and re-salt and pack as be¬ 
fore. Pieces that are not more than an 
inch thick will be salt enough at this time. 
The other pieces I take up in the oi’der of 
their thinness, leaving the thickest for 
eight or 10 days. I took up a very thick 
knuckle piece out of a very'large l’ound on 
the fifth day and it was quite salt enough. 
Some years ago while attending the 
West Chester market, a friend suggested 
that a trade in shaved beef might be estab¬ 
lished there. 1 was so well pleased with 
the suggestion that I bought a quantity of 
rounds of beef, cured them, bought an 
Enterprise meat-shaver and went to work 
shaving aud selling so fast that the supply 
was exhausted^by the middle o£..August. 
I determined to try to salt some then. I 
purchased a round; cut it up into small 
pieces, left no seams, salted the pieces as 
above described; but neglected to change 
the brine on the second day. The weather 
being very warm the blood spoiled and 
tainted the meat. I prepared a temporary 
frame with a tight top and bottom, cov¬ 
ered the sides with wire gauze, set it up 
on top of the wood-shed and hung the meat 
up in it. In less than a week the smaller 
pieces were ready for shaving and were not 
tainted in the least. The meat was sweet 
and good in August. I then built the dry¬ 
ing room on top of the house. It is 10 feet 
long, four feet wide and four feet high, and 
is tight at the top, bottom and ends, and 
for one foot at the bottom of the sides. 
The upper three feet of the sides are cov¬ 
ered with wire gauze and the meat is 
hung on hooks screwed into the wooden 
ceiling. The entrance is through a trap 
door from the attic below The only 
trouble I have had with the meat hung 
up here has been from skippers. The 
ordinary fly gauze is not fine enough to 
keep the skipper fly out. A skipper can¬ 
not enter the meat except through a seam 
or blood-vessel; hence the necessity for 
cutting all seams out. For several years I 
cured beef at all times and in all kinds of 
weather, buying the rounds when the 
butchers wanted to sell, not when other 
people were buying. As to the quality of the 
meat, a short time before quitting the mar¬ 
ket, I procured a barrel of the best beef 
rounds in brine, dried them and served the 
meat out to my customers, and the best 
ones all left me. Meat should not be left \ 
in salt after it has become thoroughly salt¬ 
ed. E. T. I. 
My process for drying beef is as follows : 
Take good lean beef—the round is best- 
cut it into pieces, put them into a box not 
water-tight and sprinkle them lightly with 
salt. In a couple of days all the blood will 
have run off. Then put them in a tight 
barrel; cover them with a strong pickle 
(all the salt that will dissolve) and leave 
them for two weeks ; then take them out 
and hang them up in a light, airy kitchen. 
Our modern warm and close kitchens don’t 
answer so well for this purpose. Any time 
after the meat has hung a month it is fit 
for use and is a real delicacy. I am now 
drying some in the smoke-house where I 
am smoking my pork. J. J. K. 
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