1) Dry-salting = meat or fish is buried in granular salt 2) brine-curing = meat is put in a strong salt-water. Since salt was fairly expensive, generally only meats high in fat would be preserved. Mutton wasn't preserved as often since the meat is usually tough and string and was literally 'not worth its salt'.
1 Pennsylvania annual average temperature - 48.77 degrees, 31st warmest state in the U.S. 2  Record Hottest year in Pennsylvania - 1998 / Avg temperature 52.03 degrees. 3  Record Coldest year in Pennsylvania - 1917 / Avg temperature 46.08 degrees. Record Coldest year in Pennsylvania - 1917 / Avg temperature 46.08 degrees. 2  Pennsylvania average Summer temperature (June, July, August) 68.6 F degrees, 34th warmest U.S. summer state.
CLIMATE OVERVIEW : Allentown, Pennsylvania, gets 46 inches of rain per year. The US average is 39. Snowfall is 32 inches. The average US city gets 26 inches of snow per year. The number of days with any measurable precipitation is 77. On average, there are 201 sunny days per year in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The July high is around 84 degrees. The January low is 21. Sperling's comfort index for Allentown is a 45 out of 100, where a higher score indicates a more comfortable year-around climate. The US average for the comfort index is 54. Our index is based on the total number of days annually within the comfort range of 70-80 degrees, and we also applied a penalty for days of excessive humidity.