 | mrs. William Parkes - 1828 - 550 pages
...when it has been some time killed. Geese are called green till they are two or three months old. DUCKS should be chosen by the feet, which should be supple...age of the bird: when they are supple, it is young; M when stiff, it is old. Tame pigeons are larger than wild pigeons. . With regard to the age of the... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1874 - 392 pages
...three months old. DUCKS should be chosen by the feet, which should be supple ; and they also should have a plump and hard breast. The feet of a tame duck...; when they look flabby and discoloured about the under part, they have been kept too long. The feet, like those of poultry, show the age of the bird... | |
 | Robert Kemp Philp - 1876 - 154 pages
...be arranged round vhe dish, the whole surmounted with sprigs of parsley. PIGEONS. How TO CHOOSE. — Pigeons should always be eaten while they are fresh...stiff, it is old. Tame pigeons are larger than wild ones. They are in season from April to September, but in their prime from June to the end of August.... | |
 | Marion Holmes - Cooking, American - 1880 - 358 pages
...when it has been killed some time. Geese are called green till they are two or three months old. DUCKS should be chosen by the feet, which should be supple;...eaten while they are fresh; when they look flabby and discolored about the under part, they have been kept too long. The feet, like those of poultry, show... | |
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... be old. The feet of a goose are pliable when the bird is fresh killed, and dry and stiff when it has been killed some time. Geese are called green till they are two or three months old. DUCKS should be chosen by the feet, which should be supple; and... 