Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1894-11-29
HOW TO CARVE,
As II Was Illustrated at the Pure
Food Exposition.


Mr.. Murrey Of the House restaurant de-
nvered a very entertaining lecture yester-
day afternoon on the subject of carving.
The lecturer was quite a wit and his re-
marks were enlivened by many brilliant
hits and dashes Of refreshing humor. The
subject Of carving was treated in scien-
tifc manner, and 1T is safe to say that
every one who attended the lecture will
bear few points in their mind of the
many practical suggestions which were
made by the speaker. Mr.. Murrey began
by short talk about the carving knife,
and said he preferred the French knife,
because the blade was heavier and the
knife better balanced than its American
rival. In sharpening q carving knife
Mr.. Murrey advised the sharpener to hold
the blade close to the stone almost fiat.
Mr.. Murrey commenced operations upon a
huge chunk of beautifully roasted beef.
Mr.. Murrey holds his carving knife firmly
with one hand, pressing the thumb against
the back Of the blade. and frequently
stopped to whet his knife against the Steel
He first cut tie bone from the roast.
trimmed the outside little. and began to
lay of slices from the top of the roast, so
that the Juice which fell from the slice cut
would permeate the meat beneath and not
drip and waste into the dish, 1t would
do II the meat were carved from the side.
Mr.. Murrey sa,d that the bone should al
ways be cooked with the meat, as II i'm
parts very delicious flavor to 1t. The
beef was superseded by a fine roast duck,
the hardest of birds to carve known to the
profession. In carving q duck the fork
should be stuck in the side and not I'm the
breast, as is the common practice.
Then the great national bird of Thanks
giving came on. Mr.. Murrey prefaced his
operations by saying that the turkey
should be turned endwise toward the
carver, instead of sidewise, as is the usual
custom, as the knife is always held paral-
lei with the direction of the fowl in carv-
ing. His directions for carving were as
follows: Insert the large fork through the
center OF the breast, the tines astraddle of
the ridge. Cut away the trusting twines,
and cut two thin slices Of white meat from
the breast down to the shoulder. Now d.
vide the wing from the shoulder, which, IL
done before cutting the two slices, that
part of the fowl and the upper ends of the
slices will be ragged. The beginner should
cut above the second joint down toward
the back; then cut on the lower side press
the joint gently outward with the knife,
and divide the joints with the point Of the
knife. Slice off the breast in wide. long
and thin slices. Cut on the pope's nose
and the sidebone. The oysters" on the
back belong with the side bones. and
should not be detached from them. The
wish bone SHOULD be separated from the
breast bone and shoulder, and q quick
stroke will separate the collar bone from
the breast, and another will give you the
shoulder blade.
A salad was next prepared by the lee
turer, in which were used two heads of
chicory. four tablespoonfuls Of olive oil
and one Of tarigan vinegar. He first
rubbed the salad bowl with a Glove Of gar
lie, sprinkled with salt. Then he cut the
heads and bottoms from the chicory, add
ing the olive oil and vinegar. Mr.. Murrey
said the tops of the chicory were an ex-
cellent vegetable and should not be thrown
away. A Welsh rarebit was next prepared
by Mr.. Murrey. who explained the deriva-
ton of the word rabbit, II being a slang
term. Mr.. Murrey was OF the opinion that
the indgestibility of the Welsh rarebit was
largely due to- the Bass ale used. and
thought that water would do Just as well.
good cheese being the main requisite.
The proceeds Of Mr.. Murrey's lecture
have been donated by the management to
the Emergency Hospital fund.
The exposition was not open this after
noon, but will be open tonight, when the
entire cavalry band of forty pieces will
render a concert, including stirring de-
scriptive war music. Tomorrow will be
diplomatic day, and in the afternoon Miss
Johnson will lecture on yellow dinner.
all the dishes of which are to be yellow in
color There will be drill at night be-
tween two squads Of the sixth battalion,
led by Lieut.. d. v. Chisholm and Capt. b.
H. Streeks. The prizes will be given by
the exhibitors. Saturday Will be children's
day, and Miss Freemans pupils will give
an exhibition of fancy dancing for the
edification of the little folks. Miss john
sons lecture will be upon the subject Of
Sunday night teas.
A bold robbery at the hall has created
considerable excitement, as has the reward
of 800, offered by the Johnston grocery
company of 7th street, who were the vic
tins, for the perpetrators. The Johnston
company has had one of the most attract
i've of the exhibits at the exposition and
a feature has been the gilt signs marking
some special offers in Pettijohn's break
fast food Quaker cats and Rumford yeast
powder. These signs have been stolen
and the company offers the above reward
for the arrest and conviction of the guilty
parties.