Miss Parloa's young housekeeper : designed especially to aid beginners. . small enough for thispurpose will probably be what butchers call yearling is not possible to get the best kind of beef or mutton inso light a weight that it can be used to advantage in asmall family. One grouse or partridge, a chicken, duck, or rabbit, apair of pigeons or of quail, all can be used as a roast in afamily of two. 72 MISS parloas young housekeeper. Here are some of the things that can be bought in smallquantities : half a pound of sausages, a thin slice of hamthat will not weigh more than half a poun
Miss Parloa's young housekeeper : designed especially to aid beginners. . small enough for thispurpose will probably be what butchers call yearling is not possible to get the best kind of beef or mutton inso light a weight that it can be used to advantage in asmall family. One grouse or partridge, a chicken, duck, or rabbit, apair of pigeons or of quail, all can be used as a roast in afamily of two. 72 MISS parloas young housekeeper. Here are some of the things that can be bought in smallquantities : half a pound of sausages, a thin slice of hamthat will not weigh more than half a pound, a quarter of apound of dried beef, a quarter of a pound of smokedbacon, a quarter of a pound of smoked salmon or halibut,one pound of salt codfish, which will answer for three orfour dishes, — fish-balls, fish in cream, fish hash, etc. ; onethin slice of round steak, weighing about a pound, can beused for beef olives or roll; a slice of veal from the legcan be used in the same way; a piece of beef, cut fromthe shoulder, and weighing about two or three pounds, can. LEG OF MUTTON. be braised : about a pound and a quarter of fresh beef, cutfrom any of the tough parts of the animal, can be preparedin a stew; mutton and veal can be used in the same way. A short porter-house steak may be made to answer fortwo meals. Cut out the tenderloin, broil it, and serve withbrown or mushroom sauce. The remainder of the steakshould be put in a cold place and used a day or two later. In summer vegetables should be bought from day to day,as they are required. In the fall and winter tuberousvegetables may be bought in larger quantities, if there be a BUYING FOOD AND CARING FOR IT. 73 cool place in which to store them. The common whitepotatoes may be purchased by the barrel, but as the sweetpotato decays rapidly, it is best to buy it by the , turnips, beets, onions, squash, etc., are vegetablesthat can be stored, and if one live in a country town it willbe well to store them; but f
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