The complete servant: Being a practical guide to the peculiar duties and business of all descriptions of servants, from the housekeeper to the servant of all-work, and from the land steward to the foot-boy. With useful receipts and tablesAdams, Samuel, servant
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The complete servant: Being a practical guide to the peculiar duties and business of all descriptions of servants, from the housekeeper to the servant of all-work, and from the land steward to the foot-boy. With useful receipts and tables
Adams, Samuel, servant
Home economics; Household employees
BEEF.
_Management._—When the meat first comes in, trim it neatly and
carefully, by cutting out all the bloody parts and the fly-blowings,
if any; cut out also the kernels in the thick end of the sirloin, in
the fat of the rump, in the pope’s-eye, the thick fat of the buttock,
and wherever else they are to be found. Cut off the skirt under the
ribs, and as much of the suet from the sirloin and rump as will leave
them handsome for dressing. Cut off also the spare suet in the loins of
veal and mutton; and the spare fat of necks, or loins of mutton, makes
much lighter puddings than suet. Be careful also to take out the pipe
which runs along the chine-bone, and the pith which is in the back-bone
in the sirloin, rump, &c.; the whole should then be wiped dry,
all the holes filled up with salt, and the roasting pieces should be
sprinkled with salt and hung up till wanted. In winter, the boiling
meat, that is frozen, should be soaked in cold water, two or three
hours before it is dressed; but the best way to thaw a roasting joint
is to let it be in the warm kitchen several hours before it is put to
the fire.
SALTING.
The boiling pieces, if the weather permit, will be the better for
hanging a day or two before they are salted. In warm weather, it is
best to let them lie an hour, rubbing well every part that is likely to
be fly-blown, and then wiping them dry with a cloth, and having salt
ready, rub it into every part, taking care to fill the holes where the
kernels and skewers have been. Turn them and rub them well with the
pickle every day, and in three or four days they will be fit to dress,
if wanted. Wash all the boiling pieces before dressing; and its colour
will be the better for soaking; but never wash roasting joints before
they are dressed, as it robs them of their best juices and finest
flavour; it is, therefore, much better to wipe them well with a dry
cloth, and pare off the dry parts on the outside.
VEAL.
_Management._—Examine and trim the several joints when they come in;
take out the skewers and wipe all the parts dry, particularly round
the kidney and udder; cut out the pipe that runs along the chine-bone
in the loin and neck; take out the spine in the back-bone, and the
kernels in the leg and the chump end of the loin, and cut off the
skirt within the breast.
MUTTON.
_Management._—In warm weather, trim the meat as soon as it comes in,
as directed for beef: cut out the kernels in the leg, the chine, and
near the tail in the loin; cut out also the pipe that runs along the
chine-bone, and take out the pith in the chine; cut off the skirt
of the breast; wipe all dry with a clean cloth, and hang it up till
wanted.
LAMB.
_Management._—Lamb, whether in quarters or joints, should be managed
like mutton and beef, as directed.
PORK.
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