Sugar Pickle For Ham - cooking recipe

Ingredients

100 lb. ham
18 lb. salt (half fine, half coarse)
3 oz. saltpetre
2 oz. saliratus
3 lb. sugar or 1 qt. molasses

Preparation

Boil the salt, saltpetre, saliratus and sugar or molasses. Skim.
Let cool.
Then pour it over the meat; the meat is to remain in pickle from 4 to 6 weeks.