Carving a Head

The housekeeper's instructor; or, uni... · William Augustus Henderson · 1791
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The housekeeper's instructor; or, universal family cook
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Instructions (3)
  1. Begin by cutting the flesh quite along the cheek-bone, in the direction c, b, from whence several handsome slices may be taken.
  2. In the fleshy part, at the end of the jaw-bone lies part of the throat sweet-bread, which may be cut into, in the line c, d, and which is esteemed the best part in the head.
  3. Many like the eye, which is to be cut from its socket a, by forcing the point of the knife down to the bottom of one edge of the socket, and cutting quite round, keeping the point of the knife.
Original Text
IN carving this begin by cutting the flesh quite along the cheek-bone, in the direction c, b, from whence several handsome slices may be taken. In the fleshy part, at the end of the jaw-bone lies part of the throat sweet-bread, which may be cut into, in the line c, d, and which is esteemed the best part in the head. Many like the eye, which is to be cut from its socket a, by forcing the point of the knife down to the bottom of one edge of the socket, and cutting quite round, keeping the point of the knife
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