New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-06-25
WHAT CONSTITUTES GOOD Beef

The question that hesds this article is of very
great importance particularly to the beef eaters Of
this city, How many Of them can answer it Do any
Of them ever think OF Il. Wnst portion Of those who
buy mea can tell the difference 10 value, between one
quarter and another Is it not fact, as general
thing the buying of meat from the butcher is never
attended to by the man of the house, and it ever
is, does he know good piece of meat from poor
ene except as he judges by the looks that one is fat
and another lean II is fact that general thing,
the business Of buying food not done by the msser
or mistress Of the family, but like most menial en-
ployment is coDfded to class Of persons whose early
education probably enabled .aem to distinguish between
a good ard bad "perraty,' and nothing more. They
do not come from meat. eating nation, and certsiay
are not good Judges of its qu,.y valae, and being
little perverse, FLOW to learn. And our own ma
tyeboIn meat buyers and meat eaters, are not much
better In nine cases out OF ten, the business OF Sc
leetips mes. i. performed by ignorant servant, or
;n,,usted TO the butcher, and ofen hear men On
graduating their family and friends, that I'VE have
good butcher" To what Advantage Does the
butcher himself know any more than you do ! VINO
is he AID what Is he German Irish, Jew or Gentle,
or "a fIstrs.e fellow who drives the fastest nag on
the Island p Fer such with few exceptions are New
York butchers.
| The Cd stock of gentlemen Of the good olden
tne," Of the white fiock army, who once monopozed
the business of purveyors and held al the market
| meat stalls are fading away before an invading army
of keepers o. meat shops" who have many o! them
crossed the Atlantic as innocen. of eli knowledge OF the
business of butcher ss they are Of The necessity os
exercising any honesty in the trade of selling meat,
which they adopt to make money, buying where they
an buy the cheapest and selling beet they the
dearest: and if their customers DO not know the d.
ference between the meat of sufoc .sed pig and one
that died with a Gu. throat; il they will buy the
flesh OF bob lf'-bJb Of al his days OF exist
ence but Fix; or if, because the meat OF swilpoi-
soned cow is fat, il ousells wholesome meat while it
costs the retailer less, why should he trouble himself
10 procure better And even thN small portion Of
meat-shop keepers who have moiicum OF conscience,
who buy their msa. upon the hooks OF toe wholsssls
dealers in Washington Market how are they to knoT
that il from healthy animals Is fa al evidence
OF heath We should care very little to est the
meat of some Of the --latest animals We have seen in
this city, In fact we look upon states Of obesity
o: foodfurrishipg animals as well men, sses OF
disease. We Tot singular in this opinion either
We have seen prizes awarded at agricultural show to
fa. buIccks, whose "a. was good deal more Ike
whale blubber than welfed confirmed, Iipe beef; and
We nhNe seen buyers VI NhLlc w Nv hh1' 49,
difference, and have frequently seen beef upon
butchers stalls lsuded prize beef, and sold q.
high prices, that vas composed o. tough, lesn unsi-
voIy fiber, covered with macs Of oily blaober, as
unfit for food as the flesh and fat Of ses monster, and
frequently eaten with the relish az such mess
would be, if it fashionable dish. Aud one Is
lust wholesome the other. Il is not fa tina, ccn-
stituss the principal portion of the food Of the AmeIi-
can people, Lor is the climate such as 10 require or
warrant its large consumption The general taste i'
for lean meat yet following the precedent OF our Oh
Eiglish ancestors, are constantly ofsrng przes
for the fstsss buocks sheep and swine, without re-
gard 10 quality. In fact the swarders Of prizes gene
rally ignore TIE fact that there s any other Gus ity
Than fat and sometimes animal that carries on the
priz. e positively unit for human food We have
handled prize buIlocks at several Safe fans wlose
IA. was so sof that would shAks under the skn Ike
bag OF OIL The beast hal been either forced Ia the
feeding and taken on al unhealthy obesity, or lei toe
long, that is beyond tie limits compatible with e.ith
beyond point when the is. lie up al the in'siss
ees of the muscular fber sci lie eonhaed to ina, 10
cai.y. Such teef, If the animal hX rot been SUD-
i.c:sl 70 tA.t ,senr..:le .,,..ve s. .-::-cs. a.