The frugal housewife; or, experienced cook : wherein the art of dressing all sorts of viands with cleanliness, decency, and elegance is explained in five hundred approved receipts ... / originally written by Susanna Carter, but now improved by an experienced cook in one of the principal taverns in the city of London.
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SOME FEW HINTS TO YOUNG HOUSEKEEPERS IN THE ART OF CARVING. Haatnc already given such ample directions tor dressing all kinds of viands, it may not be deemed an un- necessary appenpage to lay down certain rules for carv- ing them; and this the publisher has been induced to do (although at a considerable expence) in consequence of the rapid demand for the former editions of Mrs. Car- ter s useful, though cheap performance.— As examples are highly necessary, an additional Engraving has also been given, pointing out a sure way to young Housekeepers of attaining this accomplishment. To cut up a Hare. See No. I, on the Plate. an!l!!,MtPOm1t °f|t,'e knife under the shoulder at h, and t0 the r"mP> on one Si* back:bo"e> ,n the line h, i. When you have me this, cut it in the same manner on the other side, at “«Sti,Tefrom,,l,rba,,:k'bons' '■> Lmih t nearly divided into three. You inav severaWmai.ba?k throuSh the spmc or back-bone, into A 8mal1 P,cces> more or less, in the lines /.-, /. The