The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1884-06-14
Marketing.

Every housekeeper should be able to
do her own marketing, as almost as
much depends upon the selection of the
raw material as the manner of cooking.
Therefore few directions will not
come amiss.
In selecting corned beef, the house
keeper should first remove her gloves.
and then step up to the meat stall and
shuttle the pieces of beef until they are
thoroughly mixed. She must then
take up each piece in succession, and
insert her foreiinger into it, afterwards
carrying the finger to the nose. By
this maneuver the housekeeper not
only ascertains ii the beef has Il sweet
breath, but she also gives pleasure to
the butcher who can not but feel fiat
tered at having his stock in trade treat
ed with such kind consideration by his
fair customer. But of course she will
not purchase at the first stall. On the
contrary, she will repeat the the opera
ton at each stall until she has visited
ali of them, thus securing TO herself
healthful exercise, besides treating all
the butchers impartially, and prevent
ing any feeling of jealousy which other
wise might arise among them. Having
performed this necessary part OF mar
keting, the housekeeper should wipe
her hands upon some good-natured
butchers frock, put on her gloves and
return home, leaving her order at the
family provision shop. She will by
this means give the dealer an oppor-
tunity to weigh the meat in secret, and
to dispose, also, of an unstable piece,
at paying rates.
No particular directions are neces-
sary in buying lamb or mutton. The
terms g lamb" and "muttOn" by the
way, are merely relative, and are used
interchangeable, their use in each case
depending entirely upon the conscience
of the dealer. Opinions differ Us to the
comparative excellence OF eve and
wether mutton; therefore, it will be
we'll for the house-keeper to defer to
the butchers decision. Ii his. stock
consists of ewes, he will not be likely
to recommend wethers against his bet
ter Judgment, nor will he, providing he
has wethers exclusively, be inordinate.
in his praises of ewes. Hence, it will
be seen that in either case he can not
give other than an unbiased opinion.
There is nothing more to be said in re-
gard to purchasing mutton, excepting
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it is trimmed but the butcher win at
tend to this without Instructions from
the housekeeper.
In buying beefsteak, care should be
taken to select flesh with firm texture.
1t will go much farther than the less
rigid parts, especially where there are
good appetites in the family. The
same piece of steak may sometimes be
put on the table for several successive
meals, whereas the so-called "tender'
steak would have been devoured at one
sitting.
When going to buy butter, fill your
pockets with crackers. 1t Is much
easier to test butter with the aid of
crackers or bread than to eat it alone.
BY borrowing the crackers of the deal
er, you may make satisfactory and at
the same time inexpensive meal.
Therefore, do not hurry about purcnas-
ing. You may have to 90 down town
again soon. and only persons OF ex-
travagaut habits viii go to n restaurants
when meal can be got for nothing.
What has been said of butter applies
also to cheese. Boston TRANSCRIPT.