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A famous 1820s writer said brine ruined bacon
Cobbett insisted that bacon be rubbed with fresh dry salt, changed every four or five days, and never left “sopping in brine,” which he said gave it the nasty taste of ship's barrel-pork.
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Original sources
- Cobbett, W. Cottage Economy, para. 149. 1820s. https://archive.org/details/cottageeconomyc00cobbgoog