The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-01-03
A solilOquy on Carving.

Speaking about carving, there is a
prospect now that in our hest circles.
within II short time. the old custom of
making the host demolish the kiln-dried
poultry at dinner will become extinct,
and that servant mt u side board. on a
small salary will take a hand-Saw and q
can OF nitro glycerine and shattcr the
rcmains,' thus giving the host chance
to chat with his guests instead Of spat-
tering them with dressing and casting
gloom and gravy over the company.
This is move for which have long
commended. II places the manual labor
of Q dinner where it belongs, and re-
lleves man who should give his whole
attention to the entertainment Of his
friends mt table. You would not expect
your host TO take off his coat and kill u
fowl in your presence m order to show
you that it was all on the square, and it
IS not customary to require the proprie-
tor of The house to peel She potatoes at
the table for his guests to prove that
there is no put-up job about it.
Therefore | claim that The lnmented
hen may be thoroughly shattered at n
side table by an athlete at iour dollars
per week, and still good faith toward
the guests be maintained II any one
be doubtful or suspicious, etiquette will
permit him to stand by the side of the
hircling carver and witness the inquest.
Still itwould 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 ovcrshoes pro tenn, and cas-
ually throw them ont the back door
while the other guests are listening to
the "Maiden's Prayer in the parlor
Under the new deal the host will en-
Joy the dinner much more than he used
to with his thumb cut off and Il quart of
dressing in his lap. No man feels per-
fectly at home if he has to wrap up his
cut finger I'M rag and then scoop a
handful of dressing out Of his pocket
and return it to the platter.
Ii is also annoying to have twenty
guests ask for the dark meat. please
when there are only three animals cook
ed and neither one of them has a parti-
Gle of dark meat about her person.
Lately have adopted the plan Of
segregating the fowl by main strength
using the fingers when necessary, aud
then wiping them in an otl-hand man
ner on the table cloth. Then ask the
servant to bring in the dark hen we
ordered, so that we might have an
abundance Of dark meat. If the servant
says there is none, smile and tell the
guests that the brunette chicken, by
some oversight. has been eaten in the
kitchen, and shall have to Give them
such relics as MAJ be at hand This
simpliies the matter, and places me in
a far more agreeable place relative to
the company, My great success, how
ever, in carving is mainly confined 10
the watermelon. The watermelon does
not confuse me. always know where
| to find the joints, and those who do not
! like the inside of the molon can have
the outside, Now, my great trouble
| with fowls.is, that Que day have Ne
braska chicken and tITnpSt trip have
to assassinate Mormon Shanghai pull
let, with high, expressive hip-bonrs and
amalgam paletot. This makes me
nervous, because they are SO dissimiar
anu Iuelr JOINTS are III ulHcTCnt places.
The Mormon hen is rounl-shouldered
and her collar-bone is more on the bias
than the Nebraska fowl, This gives
totally different expression to her fea.
lures in death. and, as have sud, de-
stroys the symmetry Of the carve.
hc 'oN my education in this line by
car,I05 uuicr in hot weather, and
gradually led to the quail ON toast In
carving the quail, first mortgage youl
home and get the quail The quail
should be cooked before carving, but
not until the thermometer balance and
other organs have been removed Place
your quail on the toast in sitting posi-
ton, then passing the dissccting knife
down between the shoulder blades
biSect the polonaiSe.
Another method is, to take the quail
by the hind les and eat it, asking the
guests to do the same. This breaks up
the feeling Of stiffness that is apt to pre-.
vail at formal dinner party aud while
each one has his or her nose immersed
in quail, good feeling cannot fail to show
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