The Book of Household Management by Mrs. Beeton

818. INGREDIENTS.--3 lbs. of common salt, 3 lbs. of coarse sugar, 1 lb.

of bay-salt, 3 quarts of strong beer. _Mode_.--Before the hams are put into pickle, rub them the preceding day well with salt, and drain the brine well from them. Put the above ingredients into a saucepan, and boil for 1/4 hour; pour over the hams, and let them remain a month in the pickle. Rub and turn them every day, but do not take them out of the pickling-pan; and have them smoked for a month. _Time_.--To be pickled 1 month; to be smoked 1 month. _Seasonable_ from October to March. TO PICKLE HAMS (Suffolk Recipe).