Spiced Beef

This Is a traditional Christmas dish.

Ingredients

10-14 lb.. corned silverside of beet
half oz. saltpetre (potassium nitrate, if you can get it)
1 tb, salt
half lb. demerara sugar
half lb. ground allspice

Method

Rub sugar well into beef and leave for 12 hours. Rub in salt. Leave for 12 hours Baste well. Continue to baste well every day for 2 to 3  weeks. Weigh beef and place in a large pot. Cover with cold water and bring to the boil. Cover pot and simmer, allowing 30 minutes per lb. pIus 30 minutes. May be eaten hot or cold. If the pot is too small for the beef, cut the joint into smaller pieces and cook individually.