December 07, 2006

• MEAT.
• A Buttock of Beef Is always boiled, and requires no print to point out how it should be carved. A thick slice should be out off all round the buttock, that your friends may be helped to the juicy and prime part of it [...] the darker colored parts, though apparently of a coarser grain, are of a looser texture, more tender, fuller of gravy, and better flavored; and men of discriminating palates ever prefer them.
• Hey ladies! Where the haemorrhage is excessive, opiates are of great use.
• *Haemorrages excessively, eternally sanguine*
• This brings me one step closer to achieving my goal of butchering an animal, cooking the various bits, and reassembling the creature into a Frankenstein's monster of deliciousness! Thank you!
• If there is a bubo, apply thirty leeches. Great find tick!
• Ohgod*BLHARRRGHUurph!!!* Ugh! uh! Ohjesus. . . *Hrp*HRUAAaaghlphgk!!* . . Shit, sory . . *Hgk* [NO CARRIER]]*_//vk
• Finally. A way to make my own matches. Because those ladies at the Dollar Store are a bunch of crooks...
• If you ever read Pepys' Diary, you often have him discussing his meals of this sort of crap.
• The Canadian ladies who post here Like butchering much more than most here. I don't mean to be picky, 'Bout your meat post, fish ticky But "half a head" is not something we roast here.
• I thought this was interesting: There is a tooth in the upper jaw, the last tooth behind, which, having several cells, and being full of jelly, is called the sweet tooth. Its delicacy is more in the name than in anything else. It is a double tooth, lies firm in its socket at the further end, but if the calf is a young one, may readily be taken out with the point of a knife. You reduced to being your own matchmaker now, Capt?
• To kill or cure your ailing horse be sure the remedies aren't worse. There is no cure for frogs in the feet.
• You sick bastards
• Pectoral Balls for Broken Wind. This is all I have to say.
• Bet it's not.
• "You sick bastards" posted by Lara Actually, the correct term is 'You sick fucks'. You're welcome. Now send me money.
• >But "half a head" is not something we roast here. >posted by RalphTheDog at 09:10PM UTC on December 07, 2006 But, Ralphy, we'll give you to bones.
• You sick fucks.
• I smell a vegetarian plot.
• albeit there was gristly fat the dish was said to be genteel father had a discriminating palate and rather hoped that it was veal he seized the shank in his left hand and sliced a slice from a to b and jerked and tugged and twisted round yet the shank bone clung redoubtably why, old ox, dear, said his better half and father gave a bitter laugh
• I love the old engraving style of the illustrations.
• MonkeyFilter: Some are fond of an ear, and others of a chap, and those persons may readily be gratified. Remember, don't serve the green jelly of the eye of a fish. *turns around, retches
• But that's the best part, GramMa!
• Oh, yes. I love a good fish soup, some chowder... but finding an eye inside the bowl, unblinking and glistening, is something straight off a japanese horror film to me.
• Notice their recipe for mincemeat contains, as is proper, beef: Mince-Meat. Thoroughly cleanse 4 pounds of currants, and remove the stones from 4 pounds of raisins; cut up 2 pounds of candied citron, 1 pound of candied lemon, and 1 pound of orange-peel into shreds or very small dice; remove the skin, and then chop 4 pounds of fresh beef-suet and place this with the currants and the candied peel in an earthern pan; next chop the raisins with 4 pounds of peeled apples, and add them to the other ingredients. Trim away all the sinewy parts from 8 pounds of roasted sirloin of beef, and chop all the lean of the meat quite fine; this will produce about 4 pounds, which must also be placed in the pan. To the foregoing must now be added 4 pounds of moist sugar, 4 ounces of ground spice consisting of nutmegs, cloves, and cinnamon in equal proportions, with the grated rind of 12 oranges, and of the same number of lemons; the whole must then be thoroughly mixed together and pressed down to a level in the pan. Two bottles of brandy, and a like quantity of Madeira, sherry or port, should be poured into the mince-meat. Put the lid on the pan, place a cloth over it, and tie it down close, so as to exclude the air as much as possible, and also to prevent the evaporation of the brandy, etc. The mince-meat should be kept in a cool place, and will be fit for use a fortnight after it is made. [my bolding]
• "...a volume containing nearly the whole of the wisdom of man, worthy of preservation." Splendid find, fish tick!
• Whenever I see such things in the store - head-cheese, souse, and what not - I always assume these were dishes once eaten only out of desperation, maintained to the present solely to scare the kids these days. In a word, eeeeew.
• Dogs... Mange in Dogs Is allied to the itch in man, and requires the same treatment. Wash with soft soap, and apply sulphur ointment. Worms in Dogs Are a frequent cause of fits, and when they get into the nostrils, windpipe, etc., generally cause death. For those in the bowels, Youatt recommends powdered glass made up into a roll with butter or lard. Cowhage (cow-itch, mucuna) is probably quite as effectual, and is safer. A teaspoonful may be given in lard, and repeated if necessary. Turpentine should not be given to dogs. Sportsman's Beef. Take a fine round of beef, 4 oz. of saltpetre, 3/4 of an oz. of allspice; rub it well on the beef, and let it stand 24 hours; then rub in as much common salt as will salt it. Lay it by 12 days, turning it every day; then put it into a pan, such as large pies are baked in, with 3 or 4 lbs. of beef-suet, some under, some over. Cover it with a thick crust, and bake it for 6 hours. It will keep for two months, and most excellent it is. ...and then on to insect control. I'm confused by the recipe. Is to to feed dogs, or is "sportsman's beef" a euphamism for... eating dogs? I shall Google.
• ...finding an eye inside the bowl, unblinking and glistening... Flagpole: Believe me, the worse ones are blinking.
• WORST!
• Wurst?
• ... rub in as much common salt as will salt it I find this a very frustrating instruction. How the hell much is that, anyway?
• bees, I would probably keep piling on salt until it won't dissolve anymore, leaving a layer of white salt crystals on top. But then I can be a little OC when it comes to repetitive behaviour.
• *resolves to spice his conversation with as much spice as will spice it*
• ¡Olé!
• What about the pepper? (Chili to Pete)