The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1884-06-19
Marketing.


Every housckeepcr should be able 10
do her own marketing, as almost ~
much depends upon the selection Of the
raw material as The manner of ooohlng
Therefore few directions will not
come aml3s,
In selecting corned beef, the house,
keeper should first remove her gloves,
and then stop up to the meat stall Nnd
shuttle the pieces OF beef until they are
thoroughly mixed, She must then
take up each pioco In succession, and
insert her lorcIlnger into II, afterwards
carrying the finger TO the nose, by
this mancuycr the hou,ckcopor not
only astcrtuins Il the beef has u sweet
breath, but she also gives pleasure 70
the butcher who can not but fool fat
tered 0t having his stock IN trade trout
cd with such Kind consideration by his
fair customer But Of course she will
NOT purchase NJ the lHt st0ll, On the
contrary she win repeat the the opera
tion at each stall until she has visited
ali OF them, thus securing TO herself
hoalthiul exercise, besides treating Nll
che butchers importially, and prevent.
Ing any lcoling Of jealousy which olhor.
wise might arise among thcm, Having
performed this necessary part Of mar
koting, the housckoopor should Wipe
her hands upon somo good.uatured
butchers lroclS, put on her gloves and
return homo, leaving her order Vt the
family provision shop, Sho will by
this means giyo tho doalor an oppor.
tunity 10 weigh tho mcat In secret, and
20 dispose, also, OF IN unstable plooo,
nj paying rates,
No particular directions are nooos-
sary IN buying lamb or mutton. The
terms lamb" aud mutton by the
way, aro mcrcly relative, aud are used
intorohangcably, their uso IN each ease
depending entirely upon tic conscience
OF the dealer Opinions dl'or ~ 10 the
comparative excellence OF eve and
wother mutton therefore, II viii bo
we'll for the housc.koopor 20 defer TO
the butchers decision, II his stock
consists OF owes no will not DO likely
10 recommend woth0g against his bot.
ter Judgment nor viii ho providing no
has wolhors exclusively, bo inordlnato
IN his praises OF owos, Hence, II will
bo seen that In either case ho can not
give other than an unbiased opinion.
There Is nothing moro 70 be said In no.
gard 20 purchasing mutton, excepting
chat tho meat should bc weighed bolor0
II Is trimmed, but tho butcher viii No.
lond 10 ths Will out Instructions from
The housokoopcr
In buying boolstoab, care should DO
taken ~ select llosh with firm texture.
II viii 70 much farther thau the less
rigid parts, especially whore there aro
good appolltos In tho family. Tho
same piece Of steak may sometimes bo
put on tho table for several successive
meals, whoroas tho so.callod "tondorn
steak would have boon dovourod NJ ono
sitting
When going 10 buy buttor, mi your
pockets with crackers, II ia much
easier 10 tost butter with tho Md Of
erackcrs or bread than 10 eat II alone.
By borrowing the crackers of the deal.
er, you may mako q satisfactory and at
lho Same time Inexpensive moal.
Therefore, do not hurry about purchas.
ing You may have TO 90 down town
again soon, and only persons Of OK.
trayogaut habits win no TO restaurant
when q mool can bc got for nothnr
what has boen said Of butter applies
also TO ohooso. go Boston 7rdHSaTpL