Enquire within upon everything: The great Victorian-era domestic standby — Page 13
Of late years English oysters have become scarce and dear; and in consequence the American Blue Point oysters find a ready market.
In den letzten Jahren sind englische Austern selten und teuer geworden; und infolgedessen finden die amerikanischen Blue Point Austern einen leichten Absatz.
12. Beef.
12. Rindfleisch.
The grain of ox beef, when good, is loose, the meat red, and the fat inclining to yellow.
Die Faserung von Ochsenfleisch ist, wenn es gut ist, locker, das Fleisch rot und das Fett neigt ins Gelbliche.
Cow beef, on the contrary, has a closer grain and whiter fat, but the meat is scarcely as red as that of ox beef.
Kuhfleisch hingegen hat eine engere Faserung und weißeres Fett, aber das Fleisch ist kaum so rot wie das des Ochsenfleisches.
Inferior beef, which is meat obtained from ill-fed animals, or from those which had become too old for food, may be known by a hard, skinny fat, a dark red lean, and, in old animals, a line of horny texture running through the meat of the ribs.
Minderwertiges Rindfleisch, das heißt Fleisch von schlecht ernährten Tieren oder von solchen, die für den Verzehr zu alt geworden sind, erkennt man an einem harten, dürftigen Fett, einem dunkelroten mageren Anteil und, bei alten Tieren, an einem Streifen harter Textur, der durch das Fleisch der Rippen verläuft.
When meat rises up quickly, after being pressed by the finger, it may be considered as being the flesh of an animal which was in its prime; but when the dent made by pressure returns slowly, or remains visible, the animal had probably passed its prime, and the meat consequently must be of inferior quality.
Wenn das Fleisch nach dem Drücken mit dem Finger schnell wieder in seine Form zurückspringt, kann es als Fleisch eines Tieres in seiner besten Zeit angesehen werden; wenn jedoch die durch den Druck entstandene Delle langsam zurückgeht oder sichtbar bleibt, hatte das Tier seine beste Zeit wahrscheinlich überschritten, und das Fleisch muss folglich von minderwertiger Qualität sein.
13. Veal
13. Kalbfleisch
should be delicately white, though it is often juicy and well-flavoured when rather dark in colour.
sollte zart weiß sein, obwohl es oft saftig und wohlschmeckend ist, wenn es eher dunkel in der Farbe ist.
Butchers, it is said, bleed calves purposely before killing them, with a view to make the flesh white, but this also makes it dry and flavourless.
Metzger sollen Kälber angeblich absichtlich vor dem Schlachten ausbluten lassen, um das Fleisch weiß zu machen, aber dies macht es auch trocken und geschmacklos.
On examining the loin, if the fat enveloping the kidney be white and firm-looking, the meat will probably be prime and recently killed.
Bei der Untersuchung des Lendenstücks gilt: Wenn das die Niere umhüllende Fett weiß und fest aussieht, ist das Fleisch wahrscheinlich erstklassig und frisch geschlachtet.
Vocabulary
- letzten
- Adjective meaning 'last' or 'recent'
- Jahren
- Plural noun meaning 'years'
- englische
- Adjective meaning 'English', here modifying oysters
- Austern
- Plural noun meaning 'oysters', a seafood delicacy
- selten
- Adjective or adverb meaning 'rare' or 'rarely'
- teuer
- Adjective meaning 'expensive' or 'costly'
- geworden
- Past participle of 'werden', meaning 'become'
- infolgedessen
- Adverb meaning 'as a result' or 'consequently'
- finden
- Verb meaning 'to find' or 'to meet with'
- amerikanischen
- Adjective meaning 'American', modifying a noun
- leichten
- Adjective meaning 'easy' or 'light', here 'ready sale'
- Absatz
- Noun meaning 'sale', 'market', or 'paragraph'
- Rindfleisch
- Noun meaning 'beef', meat from cattle
- Faserung
- Noun meaning 'fiber structure' or 'grain' of meat
- Ochsenfleisch
- Noun meaning 'ox meat' or 'beef from an ox'
- wenn
- Conjunction meaning 'when' or 'if'
- locker
- Adjective meaning 'loose', 'open', or 'relaxed'
- Fleisch
- Noun meaning 'meat' or 'flesh'
- rot
- Adjective meaning 'red' in color
- Fett
- Noun meaning 'fat' or adjective meaning 'fatty'
- neigt
- Third person singular of 'neigen', meaning 'tends to'
- Gelbliche
- Noun/adjective meaning 'yellowish' tinge or shade
- Kuhfleisch
- Noun meaning 'cow meat', beef from a cow
- hingegen
- Adverb meaning 'on the other hand' or 'however'
- engere
- Comparative adjective meaning 'narrower' or 'tighter'
- weißeres
- Comparative adjective meaning 'whiter' in color
- kaum
- Adverb meaning 'hardly' or 'scarcely'
- Ochsenfleisches
- Genitive form of 'ox meat', meaning 'of ox meat'
- Minderwertiges
- Adjective/noun meaning 'inferior quality' or 'substandard'
- heißt
- Third person singular of 'heißen', meaning 'means' or 'is called'
- schlecht
- Adjective meaning 'bad', 'poor', or 'badly'
- ernährten
- Past participle adjective meaning 'nourished' or 'fed'
- Tieren
- Dative plural of 'Tier', meaning 'animals'
- solchen
- Demonstrative pronoun meaning 'such' or 'those'
- Verzehr
- Noun meaning 'consumption' or 'eating'
- alt
- Adjective meaning 'old' or 'aged'
- erkennt
- Third person singular of 'erkennen', meaning 'recognizes'
- harten
- Inflected adjective meaning 'hard' or 'tough'
- dürftigen
- Inflected adjective meaning 'meager', 'sparse', or 'poor'
- dunkelroten
- Inflected adjective meaning 'dark red' in color
- mageren
- Inflected adjective meaning 'lean' or 'thin'
- Anteil
- Noun meaning 'portion', 'share', or 'proportion'
- alten
- Inflected adjective meaning 'old' or 'aged'
- Streifen
- Noun meaning 'stripe', 'strip', or 'streak'
- harter
- Inflected adjective meaning 'hard' or 'tough'
- Textur
- Noun meaning 'texture' of a material or substance
- durch
- Preposition meaning 'through' or 'throughout'
- Rippen
- Plural noun meaning 'ribs', bones of the chest
- verläuft
- Third person singular of 'verlaufen', meaning 'runs through'
- Wenn
- Conjunction meaning 'when' or 'if' starting a clause
- Drücken
- Noun/infinitive meaning 'pressing' or 'pushing'
- Finger
- Noun meaning 'finger', a digit of the hand
- schnell
- Adverb or adjective meaning 'quickly' or 'fast'
- wieder
- Adverb meaning 'again' or 'back'
- Form
- Noun meaning 'form', 'shape', or 'mold'
- zurückspringt
- Verb meaning 'springs back' to original shape
- Tieres
- Genitive singular of 'Tier', meaning 'of an animal'
- besten
- Superlative adjective meaning 'best'
- Zeit
- Noun meaning 'time' or 'period'
- angesehen
- Past participle of 'ansehen', meaning 'regarded' or 'considered'
- jedoch
- Adverb or conjunction meaning 'however' or 'yet'
- Druck
- Noun meaning 'pressure' or 'print'
- entstandene
- Adjective meaning 'resulting' or 'formed' from something
- Delle
- Noun meaning 'dent' or 'indentation' in a surface
- langsam
- Adverb or adjective meaning 'slowly' or 'slow'
- zurückgeht
- Verb meaning 'goes back' or 'recedes gradually'
- sichtbar
- Adjective meaning 'visible' or 'noticeable'
- bleibt
- Third person singular of 'bleiben', meaning 'remains'
- Tier
- Noun meaning 'animal' or 'creature'
- beste
- Superlative adjective meaning 'best' quality or age
- wahrscheinlich
- Adverb meaning 'probably' or 'likely'
- überschritten
- Past participle meaning 'exceeded' or 'passed' a point
- muss
- Modal verb meaning 'must' or 'has to'
- folglich
- Adverb meaning 'consequently' or 'therefore'
- minderwertiger
- Comparative adjective meaning 'of inferior quality'
- Qualität
- Noun meaning 'quality' of a product or material
- Kalbfleisch
- Noun meaning 'veal', meat from a young calf
- sollte
- Past subjunctive of 'sollen', meaning 'should'
- zart
- Adjective meaning 'tender', 'delicate', or 'soft'
- weiß
- Adjective meaning 'white' in color
- obwohl
- Conjunction meaning 'although' or 'even though'
- oft
- Adverb meaning 'often' or 'frequently'
- saftig
- Adjective meaning 'juicy' or 'succulent'
- wohlschmeckend
- Adjective meaning 'tasty', 'palatable', or 'flavorful'
- eher
- Adverb meaning 'rather', 'sooner', or 'more likely'
- dunkel
- Adjective meaning 'dark' in color or shade
- Farbe
- Noun meaning 'color' or 'paint'
- Metzger
- Noun meaning 'butcher', a meat-selling tradesperson
- sollen
- Modal verb meaning 'are said to' or 'should'
- Kälber
- Plural noun meaning 'calves', young cattle
- angeblich
- Adverb meaning 'allegedly' or 'supposedly'
- absichtlich
- Adverb meaning 'intentionally' or 'on purpose'
- Schlachten
- Noun/infinitive meaning 'slaughtering' or 'butchering' animals
- ausbluten
- Verb meaning 'to bleed out' an animal before slaughter
- lassen
- Verb meaning 'to let', 'allow', or 'have something done'
- dies
- Demonstrative pronoun meaning 'this' or 'this thing'
- trocken
- Adjective meaning 'dry' or 'lacking moisture'
- geschmacklos
- Adjective meaning 'tasteless', 'flavorless', or 'bland'
- Untersuchung
- Noun meaning 'examination', 'inspection', or 'investigation'
- Lendenstücks
- Genitive noun meaning 'of the loin cut' of meat
- gilt
- Third person singular of 'gelten', meaning 'applies' or 'is valid'
- Niere
- Noun meaning 'kidney', an internal organ
- umhüllende
- Adjective meaning 'surrounding' or 'enveloping' fat layer
- fest
- Adjective meaning 'firm', 'solid', or 'tight'
- aussieht
- Verb meaning 'looks' or 'appears' in appearance
- erstklassig
- Adjective meaning 'first-class', 'top-quality', or 'excellent'
- frisch
- Adjective meaning 'fresh' or 'recently prepared'
- geschlachtet
- Past participle meaning 'slaughtered' or 'freshly butchered'
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