New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-22
FOWLS REIDY FOR MARKET

PREPARATION OF POULTRY AMI VAIL
SHOULD BIRDS BIZ DRAWN BEFORE BEING SOLD -
VIEWS OF ALDERMAN ROOSEVELT AND MAEALI-
MEN.
At the second meeting this year of the Common
Council of this city. Alderman Robert i. Roosevelt
introduced an ordinance requiring all poultry win
ducks and prairie chickens coming TO this market
| to be drawn before being sold. The matter was
referred to the Committee on Laws and has not yet
come finally before the Board As the sublect "l
the bill is OF general interest to housGLceptr' ~
excited more comment than the usull uol-S 'i w
Common COuncllmcu There is among, H"'9o
keepers Of the wc!l-tO-dO and huIie Cia.,.' -
stronE feeling in favor of the th0rou4h cc;'u!n.
game and uoultry before 1t Is offered LOT sane III 'c
markets. This feeling is perhaps c,pec.ay So,
with persons OF New.u@laEd IDEAS ana 'rII.iE''
in The Eastern states IL Is customary 10 uI"" iia
of the poultry and gam" sent 20 MAJ Nc., r
ucople believe that the ilavOI and WhOes0mchtNS ~
uou,try and game are often impaired ny tc -, iii
rmai"ino IN the carcass for several days yer NIL
iug 4 lEIBCSE reporter yesterday calicd Oh Hi''
Roosevelt to ascertain h!s views. nv,
expected considerable opposition to my bI!I,
said Nh Roosevelt, and do not Know lrJ li'j ~
will he passed, there are OF course l"o Si ~
this matter as TO every other. an MOI man t'
man, but have found hy cALfileuct '-I' - "a"
preserve game 10y taking CN the eriI'",' LII,
liver and gall, and putting IN W'p OF Ray % Keep
tlr carcass sweet. 1t IS important 10 cream tt'i'c
Immediately while the animal heat Is siAi I'D ING
bojy or else decomposition VIII be "Fl b" sou H.
a., I.t SAY that game should ne eaten rs soon rs
killed: is is better the day after II Is EltH' ne
o. I
and transparent IKE 9'ass lI.h'' '!H ''".'' w.,
DISGUST anybody; bat after lying in the carcass IL
week or two they OF course gei dccompoScu. IN
shooting bay suIpe in summer always, HI'II IY'
with me in the boat 60 preserve the IIih- rs "o
no. have time to clean them. II cleaned thoy
| ,-ould keen two DAYS. while il lett uutr3Wu they
! would smell badly before morning some Li-lIsn
! snlue that | shot on my last expedition south
,Uoilcl within one day, before ! reached nome on
account OF not being drawn. decomposition OtH;i
| about the vent, then tue thighs turn green. Inc
| breast il the last part atectcu. Frequently ms
par, of the bird only IS sold ana is s,cu up ny
| French cooks 50 Is to be called lalaiIpt' naf
! no statistics, but | think one-tElrd OF Tue NIlt
! ducks killed tins season have Spocd' hHo" '' !,
| on one shooting ground IN NoTjh CaloilhI 'eha "I
! fhousauG, of ducks spoiled before reaching any
! market which could have been preserved ~ ci''!
| ing AMI packing properly. Pepper Is Il suGt INV
septic and little thrown on carcass would DE al
| little cost of time or money, ana WOuII save TIC
bird. ..,..,, o,,,,,tr,
cousins TO stuff fowls with corn meal potatoes &C.
INST before killing in order 10 get Is or 20 cents
! pound for the extra weight OF gram. reNCI"t
| pounds OF Oil nails or shot are often louhu III Il
! fowl The crop becomes sour in twenty-iour houlS
and then il is question II the meat around IL IS III
| ~ eat The country housewife If sac WISHES a me
f,yi for her own table does not feed il for day or
! 50 npforc killing. but she knows that fun crop
will make a fowl appear fat to her uh>lSleJuH-
CITY sister There is nothing IN the magnitude OF
| lnsincsS TO prevent the fowls being drawn, any
! more than being picked OF Their feathers No one
| would think of sending dead sheep or hogs, I'M
! drawn, TO market. To be we'll drawn inc low /
sL0ud be thoroughly cleaned, and tie liver. heart
gall and d'soVha4uS taken ont as well as thc en-
trails and lrit TO swing outside or be tucked uidcl
| q wing The poultry in all the southern mIikcis
| are drawn in this way, and the Ehode l'Iana
turkeys, which have the best layor ana come IN ne
best condition. commanding the Lest price, are also
drawn as soon as killed. II some OF our line people
wo.!d stand by the cook while she dresses an m
/ drawn fowl, they would have reduce" "pi'u'c
. The matter affects the poor people also. rs the
! stock winch becomes unit lQr the rich man Ii3Ie
Is pedGl,l about the streets by vendors ana 80 inc
| poor eat the tainted flesh. The price Oh dressed
| poultry would necessarily be higher but there
would be little saving to cOnnterD"ldnGe 1t III NE
| freight which would not have TO DC pdiu ahhuaHy
! Oh mere cutrails brought TO the city. .
! Thomas +. Dcyoe, Superintendent OF Markets, SAID
.P0uIjry viii keep longer in warm weather if not
drawn providing they have been fed OH bard gram
| In cold weather, however, they keep equally wei
either way Persons in this market, however, VIII
! Inv uudraWn fowls III preference 10 dressed
| poultry because they look plnmper In canada
| All poultry is sold with the entralS removed, but
| the cold weather there makes them Keep better
| IrccZing hurts the flavor. A piece OF charcoal put
! in a drawn fowl Will arrest decomposition lor a
"Nould Won prefer that the poultry you cat
! should be dressed Immediately after il is killed"
! " Yes. | should. think it would have better
| flavor. but l do not care to have my opinion
SIonld game be drawn :" asked the reporter of
| large poultry dealer in Washington Market
| Game is always drawn" SAID the merry mar
| kctman. "when neither side WIS. No, the idea Is
! absurd he continued seriously, land Mr. Roose-
welt does not know lne poultry CIdlc IHoIOuS'4iN
It is tact that poultry and birds will keep sweet
| about one-third longer if left undrawu than II
| dressed The reason is that by not disturbing the
inside of fowl it remains alr-tight ana so decou-
| posItion is prevented The entrallS are securely
inclCscd and cannot affect the meat any more than
| in life until their covering becomes uecOmp0scd,
and this takes so long that there Is ltte chance oil
| its o6curriu9 before the fowl is eaten. POULTRY
that is cleaned of the entrails hardly he pre-
| vented from soon becoming musty. IheY 90 clean
| poultry in Rhode Island and for Boston and other
| markets. but large quantity spo!is annually. 10
Leep the fowls with safety they must freeze them
| or nlup the carcass with lard or talow until II IS
| alright We sometimes get some OF tins stock
! intended for Boston when that market Is over
| crowded and we have to sell II one or Two cents
! below price because people here think there IS
| Something the matter with fowl that is dressed
and has its head and feet cut of. That custom
NAV do for lesurcly and Hsthetlcal Boston, but
NcS-NoTk cannot afford the time. 1t Is proved by
statistics that New York handles more game and
| poultry than the tWO other largest cities IN the
country put together with the two largest cities OF
| Europe 1t would be a little nicer for hO1se-
| kecpers no doubt, to buy turkey already dressed
| for its not being We markctmcn can sell
| poultry in any shape but the farmers and shippers
will not take the trouble and risk of dressing It,
| Then we have French cooks here complaining every
| daV that our wOOdCOCk or hninc or other game Is
not stale enough. An Engllshnan wants game
! to be green before he eats it, We sell almost all
our game and poultry undrawn, except few grouse
| IL the early season .
| proprietor OF "A large restaurant said he should
like to bug poultry and game already dressed 50 as
| not TO have TO pay for feet, heads and cntrails.
| Still he thought poultry kept better if undrawn
| and he said he could always buy dressed poultry
| cheap because 1t was not popular.