New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-08-23

pissed OIL. If 1t Is young chicken after winning 1t
'"o IL ca'ciuhy ior Din feathers. II II is of good
80 80 ~ may heeu " oe anged by holding IL over n
, teu paper turning 1t so that every part of the
bird is exposed for an instant 20 the DAM In case
the Chicken is singed it should mot Ia vines ~, after
TINS Is done. Young chickens sucb AZ arr chosen for
irlcassecing and frying, do not need Ia h sipced.
Tic possession Of abundance OF hairs b tho bird is a
sure indication of mature years and snch chIcken'
IS only ~ Tor potpe' With these prcminares. the
Dii1 so"u DC u on 'he board and the ollbng. which
Hes directly over the tail, should be removed by
cutting it out with sharp knife. Tho skin which
connects The leg with the drumstick shoun now be
lightly cut Just below the joint and each leg twisted
aiouhu' exposing the tcndons-hst white strings
winch on no account must be out, kut must be drawn
ont oil the urumstick by passing sewcr under them.
one by one, and giving sharp Jerk They are dis
tribued front and back Of the dr,,u,S,ih tbo-e is
quite large cluster OF them at the bach There Is
one large one which can seldom be removed and al
most Always breaks IN inc process but the removal
Oh inc NhSnuer' "hlch all come out when this work
is done properly, renders the drumstck as tender as
second Joint. The chicken Is now ready tor drawing
slit up the skin Of the neck at the hack a far nc the
body and cut the chicken at side nnde the second
joint, cutting down around the opening NJ the in.
testincs. Begin by oOsening the wInptpe and other
pipes at the neck. Do this by turning back the skin
OF the neck. Put your hand in the chicken at the
top, keeping 10 close TO the back and loosen there
TWO HUE muscles on eaeh side which bind tho inward
parts Of the chicken down. Pass your hand ND the
chicken at the back, keeping it still close TO the back
and you will find that the entire inward PARTS of the
chicken, including the windpipe and crop, will now
come out together in one piece. They should
be laid on the board and the heart giz
zard and liver should be carefully re-
moved from the rest without breaking the gabla6der
otherwise the liver VIII be completely spoiled. Tie
gall and the parts next to it be cut out of the
Will, ell l,u no
from the Eat adhering TO it and the tubes removed.
The gzzard must be c open at the thin part there is
one place where the skin Is very light Here IL must
be opened aud lis contents taken out all fat adherinG
to tho gizzad should be removed. These three gblss
are usually added 10 frlcassee: but the OF them
any way i, q matter OF individual taste Some people
are very fond Of them. The liver is delicate mosel
which Is esteemed highly by epieures. and is often
served by itself The skin of the chicken the front
should now be turned back by means Of the shit at the
neck and the neck Of the chicken cut off close 10 the
body ANY layers Of fat which be reached by this
means must be removed Pass your hand inside the body
and see that the lungs. soft. spongy ned substance
adlering to the backbone not far below the
taken out and that the darled substance Of the
siSteEcy Of the Ever adlerIng he backbone lower
down is also removed The inside Of the body OF the
chicken must be perfectly clean from all sincws and
hanging 6bes and be as fresh and sweet as the out
side. This will not be the case il II is market
chicken which has lain lndrawn ;or days, preserved
on ice Ike those commonly sold market stalls
II is not too much to say that the undrawn poultry
dinariy exposed in city markets. where the inside OF
the bird shows when drawn that has already become
tainted with the decay OF the inward parts is poison
Gus article Of food. Paris and ether great cities Of
Europe have long ago been protected BY law against
the sale Of such poultry In Boston. and we believe
in Philadelphia popular prejudice is so strong against
undrawn poultry III the markets that it Is almost I'M
known. Only IN greatest metropolis we forced
to supply table with food which best author
titles on health long NGo told unfit for
The protests of physicians ard other eminent citizens;
among them houseleepers. hotel Keepers and caterers
have failed to the passage Of any such law for
the regulation of the sale Of poultry as other cities have
enjoyed.