Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1882-11-30
TURKEY CARVING.
Hints ON the Art Which May be
Valuable to Our Readers.

| Hints ON the Art Which May be
Valuable to Our Readers.
To those who hesitate to per-
| form the laborious duty involved
in carving the Thanksgiving
turkey, the following sugges-
lions from Nye's Boomerang will
be a God send. Speaking of
the plan of hiring an exper-
fenced miner to blast out the
the turkey he says feelingly:
l claim that the lamented hen
may be thoroughly shattered at
a side-table by an athlete at four
dollars per week, and still good
faith towards the guests be
maintained. If any one be
doubtful or suspicious, etiquette
will permit him to stand by the
side of the hireling carver and
witness the inquest. Still it
would be better fun for him to
sit at the table, and if the parts
given him are not satisfactory,
he can put them in his over
shoes pro tenn, and casually
throw them out the back door
while the other guests are listen
ing to the Maiden's Prayer"
in the parior.
Under the new deal the host
will enjoy the dinner much more
than he used to with his thumb
cut off and a quart of dressing
in his lap. No man feels per-
fectly at home if he has to wrap
up his cut finger in rag and
then scoop a handful of dressing
out of his pocket and return it
to the platter. Few men are
cool enough to do this, laughing
heartily all the time and telling
some mirth-provokIng anecdote
meanwhile.
1t is also annoying to have
twenty guests ask for the ''dark
meat, please" when there are
only three animals cooked and
neither one of them had a par
ticle of dark meat about her
person. Lately I have adopted
the plan of segregating the fowl
by main strength, using the fin
gers where necessary, and then
wiping them in an eff-hand
manner on the table cloth. Then
l ask the servant to bring in
that dark hen we ordered, so
that we may have an abundance
Of dark meat. If the servant
says there is none, | smile and
tell the guests that the brunette
by some oversight, has
been eaten in the kitchen, and
1 shall have to give them such
relics as may be at hand. This
the matter ana places
me in far more agreeable place
relative to the company. My
great success, however, in cary
ing is mainly confined to the
watermelon. The watermelon
does not confuse me. | always |
know where to find the joints,
and those who don't like the in
side Of the melon can have
the outside. Now, my great |
trouble with fowls is, that one
day l have Nebraska chicken
and the next trip l have to
assassinate a Mormon Shanghai
pullet, with high, expressive
hip bones and amalgam paletet.
This makes me nervous, because
they are so dissimilar and their
Joints are in different places. The
Mormon hen is round shouldered
and her collar bone is more on
the bias than the Nebraska fowl.
This gives totally different ex-
preston to her features after
death, and, as l have said, de-
stroys the symmetry Of the
carve.
l began my education in this
inc by carving butter in hot
weather, and gradually led up
20 quail on toast. In carving
the quail, first mortgage your
home and get the qauil. The
quail should be cooked before
but not until TIE chro-
balance and other or
,ans have been removed. Place
FOUR quail on the toast in Il
'itting position, then passing