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.
Here in Pennsylvania the temperature ranges from 10 or 20 degrees F below zero in the winter (on a cold night) and go up to 90 and maybe even an occasional 100 degrees in the summer (on a hot day).The extreme temperatures of below zero and around 100 occur only a few times each year.ere in Pennsylvania the temperature ranges from 10 or 20 degrees F below zero in the winter (on a cold night) and go up to 90 and maybe even an occasional 100 degrees in the summer (on a hot day).