Front matter
Reading edition
Transcriber’s Note
Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. A list of corrections is found at the end of the text. Inconsistencies in spelling and hyphenation have been maintained. A list of inconsistently spelled and hyphenated words is found at the end of the text.
MARKETING
BEEF.
Hind Quarter. Fore Quarter.
1. Sirloin. 2. Rump. 3. Edgebone. 4. Buttock. 5. Mouse Buttock. 6. Veiny Piece. 7. Thick Flank. 8. Thin Flank. 9. Leg. 10. Fore Rib; Five Ribs. 11. Middle Rib; Four Ribs. 12. Chuck; Three Ribs. 13. Shoulder or Leg of Mutton Piece. 14. Brisket. 15. Clod. 16. Neck or Sticking Piece. 17. Shin. 18. Cheek.
VENISON.
1. Haunch. 2. Neck. 3. Shoulder. 4. Breast.
THE AMERICAN HOUSEWIFE: CONTAINING THE MOST VALUABLE AND ORIGINAL RECEIPTS IN ALL THE VARIOUS BRANCHES OF COOKERY; AND WRITTEN IN A MINUTE AND METHODICAL MANNER.
TOGETHER WITH A COLLECTION OF MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS, AND DIRECTIONS RELATIVE TO HOUSEWIFERY.
BY AN EXPERIENCED LADY.
ALSO THE WHOLE ART OF CARVING,
ILLUSTRATED BY SIXTEEN ENGRAVINGS.
——THIRD EDITION.——
NEW YORK: PUBLISHED BY DAYTON, AND SAXTON (SUCCESSORS TO GOULD, NEWMAN, AND SAXTON,) CORNER OF FULTON AND NASSAU STS.
1841.
Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1841, by Dayton & Saxton, in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New-York.
PLATE.
MUTTON.
1. Leg. 2. Loin, Best End. 3. Loin, Chump End. 4. Neck, Best End. 5. Neck, Scrag End. 6. Shoulder. 7. Breast. A Chime is two Loins. A Saddle is two Necks.
VEAL.
1. Loin, Best End. 2. Loin, Chump End. 3. Fillet. 4. Hind Knuckle. 5. Fore Knuckle. 6. Neck, Best End. 7. Neck, Scrag End. 8. Blade Bone. 9. Breast, Best End. 10. Breast, Brisket End.
PORK.
1. The Spare Rib. 2. Hand. 3. Spring. 4. Fore Loin. 5. Hind Loin. 6. Leg.