Smoked Herrings

Clean the herrings well and let them lie for one night in salt, with a small
quantity of saltpetre mixed with it. The next day run a stick through the eyes,
and in this way thread them all. Have ready a cask of sawdust with a red hot
heater in the center of it ; fix the stick over this so that the herrings hang in a row in
the middle of it, and smoke them for twenty-four hours.