The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1871-12-15
How to Buy Neat.

The following hints on buying meat
for the table will ~ found worth bear
ing IN mind. They should be read
over and over until the facts are IA
milisr. Then go TO the butchers, and
practice upon and verify what has
been Iesrned When once fairly hzed
In the mind, by practical examination
they will never he ers~ed:
BEEF In luyiuG beef, the fi1est
grained il the b,-st; the flesh should be
light red, and the fat light cream
colon, but not yellOW-it should also b
hard and firm. Ok beef Is the best,
and the animal should be about Ave or
ak years old. Heller and COW Oeef
may generally be known by It's being
little pdltr than that Of the OK. The
meat Of All old animal is dai < red, and
the fat skinny and tough. If the meat
rises quickly when Indicated with the
| finger il il good; otherwise not.
| MUTTON - The lean OF good mutton
4 Is GONE what darker than that OF beef,
and the fat whittier. Old mutton Il
darker than yOuag, an when fat and
Juicy IL betteT-say up TO four or six
year. of age.
LAMB should bA pale red and fat.
| VEAL should be OF light color, with
plenty If fSt, especially about the kid
| uCTEs 1nG IS754A BalAGlt4 AsC III yer lU6li
| beef, and finer. If cOarse-g grained,
moist and clammy, reject it. V-st
should not be over ten or twelve weeks
old. It is less healthy than either
beef or mutton.
PORK. if ever brought to the table,
should come from al honest butcher,
and should be examined by the buyer
| with close scrutiny. Ia Is never g
healthfnl meat. TIE skin of pork
should be- thin and smooth and white,
aud the flesh, both lean and fat, should
be firm. The lean should ba q light
red. Examine II close for kernels OF
hard bunches; If any such thing IL
found have nothing to do with it,
There IL more disesse pork sold than
that Of all other meat together, and II
is had at the best.
Meat of any kind-hesh, fowl or fab,
after being brought to the huu &C.
should be wiped clean aud dry with 3
dry cloth, aud carefully xamined FL
hy-blOws II In the season OF flies. I
lOin piece be purchased, take out the
long, white, marroW-liks string which
is usually exposed by the side Of the
bone. It will become tainted In les
han half the time required for othe
portions Of the meat, and II allowed L
, remain, will affect the entire joint.
PoULTRY.--A very coTreci juigmen
eau b formed of the Rge of fowl BY
the sta's gifts legs. II the ec6les ar
rough it INDICATES age. If the unde
hill Is so stiff Ihat you cannot bend I
down, or IL the como Is rough, or tn
x Yrs hard, you cergaiuly have hold q
an OLD fowl. the legs of a young heI
1 are sm 18th, glossy aud fre~h-cnlnre1
4 yyhsteYer the shade may he; the clG W
/ sre alsO tender aud short. the uude
], bill soft, and CONT. thin aud smooth.
An old hen turkey has rough s2ale'
on her iega, caliOsites on the bottom
= Of her feet, aud long; strong claws 4
! / voJDg one mas the reverse of sll this
Ia ali kinds Of poultry the breas
, should be broad aud plump, the fee
pliabla, aud the i"e~ easily broker
> when b-nt back. Young and tende
poultry may also be Judged by press
! ing the lower eud OF the breast bone
{ ! If Il yields readily to the pressure il i
not old.
|, 4 tender goose or duck may BE- de
. termiued ~ railing the wing; II thu
! skin tear4 easily the fowl Is tender. ]
you can easily insert the head of a pir
into the 1e''h of s goose or duck, it i
tender aud young. The strength q
the .in's Of the legs and T. Q coarse
. Ness Of the Ekin generally is gOoC
test is more or less applicable to al
other f,wIs.
FISH. - In purchasing fish, carr
should slways be taken to have then
perfectly fresh. To know whether i
IL not, aside from the smell, closer "
the eyes-ifthey have bright, life-lik'
appearance, the fish il fresh; but !
they are sunken and dark colored, o.
have lost their brilliSncy, the fish l.
too old for good fry or bake. If tn,
dealer is honest, the buyer may judg'
~ the Tedness Of the gills; but some
dSh-nOnRPTs, knowing this, will colo
them to deceive their customers. But
they can't paint the eyes look a
them.
Our readers, after carefully studying
the above directions, need never b
; deceived in The character Of the mea
which they buy.