CHAPTER II.

MARKETING AND THE CARE OF MEATS.

Marketing—Beef—Different “Cuts,” etc.—Veal—Mutton—Pork—Poultry—Fish —Shell-fish—Care of Meats—To salt down Beef—To cleanse Calf’s Head and Feet—To prepare Rennet—To salt down Fish—To try out Lard—Molasses-cured Hams—Brine for coming Hams, Beef, Pork, etc.—Another—Brine by Measure—To salt down Pork—To prepare Cases for Sausages—Sausage Meat—Another Recipe—Bologna Sausages—To smoke Hams 18