Enquire within upon everything: The great Victorian-era domestic standby — Page 14
Veal will not keep so long as an older meat, especially in hot or damp weather: when going, the fat becomes soft and moist, the meat flabby and spotted, and somewhat porous like sponge.
Kalbfleisch hält sich nicht so lange wie älteres Fleisch, besonders bei heißem oder feuchtem Wetter: wenn es verdirbt, wird das Fett weich und feucht, das Fleisch schlaff und fleckig und etwas porös wie ein Schwamm.
Large, overgrown veal is inferior to small, delicate, yet fat veal.
Großes, übermäßig gewachsenes Kalbfleisch ist kleinem, zartem, aber fettem Kalbfleisch unterlegen.
The fillet of a cow-calf is known by the udder attached to it, and by the softness of the skin; it is preferable to the veal of a bull-calf.
Das Filet eines Kuhkalbes erkennt man an dem daran befestigten Euter und an der Weichheit der Haut; es ist dem Fleisch eines Stierkalbes vorzuziehen.
14. Mutton.
14. Hammelfleisch.
The meat should be firm and close in grain, and red in colour, the fat white and firm.
Das Fleisch sollte fest und feinkörnig sowie rot in der Farbe sein, das Fett weiß und fest.
Mutton is in its prime when the sheep is about five years old, though it is often killed much younger.
Hammelfleisch ist in seiner besten Qualität, wenn das Schaf etwa fünf Jahre alt ist, obwohl es oft viel jünger geschlachtet wird.
If too young, the flesh feels tender when pinched; if too old, on being pinched it wrinkles up, and so remains.
Ist es zu jung, fühlt sich das Fleisch beim Kneifen zart an; ist es zu alt, faltet es sich beim Kneifen zusammen und bleibt so.
In young mutton, the fat readily separates; in old, it is held together by strings of skin.
Bei jungem Hammelfleisch löst sich das Fett leicht ab; bei altem wird es durch Hautfasern zusammengehalten.
In sheep diseased of the rot, the flesh is very pale-coloured, the fat inclining to yellow; the meat appears loose from the bone, and, if squeezed, drops of water ooze out from the grains; after cooking, the meat drops clean away from the bones.
Bei an der Fäule erkrankten Schafen ist das Fleisch sehr blass gefärbt, das Fett neigt ins Gelbliche; das Fleisch wirkt lose vom Knochen, und beim Drücken sickern Wassertropfen aus den Fasern; nach dem Kochen fällt das Fleisch sauber von den Knochen ab.
Wether mutton is preferred to that of the ewe; it may be known by the lump of fat on the inside of the thigh.
Hammelfleisch vom Schöps wird dem der Mutterschaf vorgezogen; es kann an dem Fettklumpen auf der Innenseite der Keule erkannt werden.
15. Lamb.
15. Lammfleisch.
This meat will not keep long after it is killed.
Dieses Fleisch hält sich nach dem Schlachten nicht lange.
Vocabulary
- Kalbfleisch
- Veal; meat from a young calf
- hält
- Holds; keeps; lasts (third person singular)
- sich
- Reflexive pronoun meaning oneself or itself
- nicht
- Not; negation word in German
- so
- So; as; thus; in this way
- lange
- Long; for a long time
- wie
- As; like; how; comparison word
- älteres
- Older; more aged (neuter/adjective form)
- Fleisch
- Meat; flesh of an animal
- besonders
- Especially; particularly; above all
- bei
- At; near; during; in the case of
- heißem
- Hot; very warm (dative adjective form)
- oder
- Or; conjunction linking alternatives
- feuchtem
- Humid; moist; damp (dative adjective form)
- Wetter
- Weather; atmospheric conditions outside
- wenn
- When; if; conditional or temporal conjunction
- es
- It; neuter third-person pronoun
- verdirbt
- Spoils; goes bad; becomes rotten
- wird
- Becomes; will be (auxiliary or main verb)
- das
- The; neuter definite article or pronoun
- Fett
- Fat; grease found in meat or food
- weich
- Soft; tender; not firm or hard
- und
- And; coordinating conjunction
- feucht
- Moist; damp; slightly wet
- schlaff
- Slack; limp; lacking firmness or tension
- fleckig
- Spotty; stained; marked with patches
- etwas
- Something; somewhat; a little bit
- porös
- Porous; having many small holes or gaps
- ein
- A; an; indefinite article
- Schwamm
- Sponge; porous absorbent material
- Großes
- Large; big; great (neuter adjective form)
- übermäßig
- Excessive; excessively; beyond normal measure
- gewachsenes
- Grown; developed; raised (adjective from wachsen)
- ist
- Is; third person singular of sein
- kleinem
- Small; little (dative adjective form)
- zartem
- Tender; delicate; fine (dative adjective form)
- aber
- But; however; coordinating conjunction
- fettem
- Fatty; rich in fat (dative adjective form)
- unterlegen
- Inferior; subordinate; placed underneath something
- Das
- The; neuter definite article (sentence-initial)
- Filet
- Fillet; tender boneless cut of meat
- eines
- Of a; genitive indefinite article (neuter)
- Kuhkalbes
- Female calf; young cow; genitive form
- erkennt
- Recognizes; identifies; detects (third person singular)
- man
- One; you; people in general (impersonal)
- an
- At; on; to; preposition of location
- dem
- The; dative definite article (masculine/neuter)
- daran
- On it; attached to it; thereon
- befestigten
- Attached; fastened; secured (adjective past participle)
- Euter
- Udder; milk-producing organ of female animals
- der
- The; definite article (masculine/genitive/dative)
- Weichheit
- Softness; tenderness; quality of being soft
- Haut
- Skin; hide; outer covering of body
- Stierkalbes
- Male calf; young bull; genitive form
- vorzuziehen
- To prefer; to give preference to something
- Hammelfleisch
- Mutton; meat from an adult sheep
- sollte
- Should; ought to (past subjunctive of sollen)
- fest
- Firm; solid; tight; not soft
- feinkörnig
- Fine-grained; having a fine grain texture
- sowie
- As well as; and also; conjunction
- rot
- Red; of a red color
- in
- In; into; inside; preposition of location
- Farbe
- Color; hue; shade of something
- sein
- To be; infinitive of the verb be
- weiß
- White; of a white color
- seiner
- Its; his; genitive/dative possessive pronoun
- besten
- Best; superlative adjective form
- Qualität
- Quality; standard; degree of excellence
- Schaf
- Sheep; wool-bearing farm animal
- etwa
- About; approximately; roughly
- fünf
- Five; the number five
- Jahre
- Years; plural of Jahr
- alt
- Old; aged; not young
- obwohl
- Although; even though; despite the fact
- oft
- Often; frequently; many times
- viel
- Much; many; a lot of
- jünger
- Younger; comparative form of jung
- geschlachtet
- Slaughtered; butchered; killed for meat
- Ist
- Is; third person singular present of sein
- zu
- To; too; at; preposition or adverb
- jung
- Young; not old; youthful
- fühlt
- Feels; senses (third person singular)
- beim
- At the; during the; contracted preposition
- Kneifen
- Pinching; squeezing between fingers
- zart
- Tender; delicate; gentle; fine-textured
- faltet
- Folds; creases; bends over itself
- zusammen
- Together; jointly; folding or coming together
- bleibt
- Stays; remains; does not change
- Bei
- At; near; with; in the case of
- jungem
- Young; dative adjective form of jung
- löst
- Loosens; detaches; separates (third person singular)
- leicht
- Easy; light; not heavy or difficult
- ab
- Off; away; separable verb prefix
- altem
- Old; aged (dative adjective form)
- durch
- Through; by means of; preposition
- Hautfasern
- Skin fibers; connective tissue strands in skin
- zusammengehalten
- Held together; kept united; past participle
- Fäule
- Rot; decay; putrefaction of organic matter
- erkrankten
- Diseased; sick; afflicted (adjective past participle)
- Schafen
- Sheep; dative plural of Schaf
- sehr
- Very; extremely; highly
- blass
- Pale; light in color; lacking intensity
- gefärbt
- Colored; tinted; dyed; past participle
- neigt
- Tends; inclines; leans (third person singular)
- ins
- Into the; contracted preposition and article
- Gelbliche
- Yellowish; tending toward a yellow color
- wirkt
- Appears; seems; has an effect
- lose
- Loose; not attached; not firmly fixed
- vom
- From the; contracted preposition and article
- Knochen
- Bone; hard skeletal structure in animals
- Drücken
- Pressing; pushing; applying pressure
- sickern
- To seep; to ooze; to trickle slowly
- Wassertropfen
- Water droplets; small drops of water
- aus
- Out of; from; preposition of origin
- den
- The; accusative/dative plural definite article
- Fasern
- Fibers; threads; strands of muscle or tissue
- nach
- After; to; toward; following in time
- Kochen
- Cooking; boiling; the act of cooking
- fällt
- Falls; drops; falls off (third person singular)
- sauber
- Clean; neat; free from dirt
- von
- From; of; by; preposition of origin
- Mutterschaf
- Ewe; adult female sheep that has lambed
- vorgezogen
- Preferred; favored; given preference over another
- kann
- Can; is able to; modal verb
- Fettklumpen
- Fat lumps; clumps of fat tissue
- auf
- On; upon; on top of; preposition
- Innenseite
- Inner side; inside surface of something
- Keule
- Leg; haunch; rear leg cut of meat
- erkannt
- Recognized; identified; detected; past participle
- werden
- To become; auxiliary for passive or future
- Lammfleisch
- Lamb meat; meat from a young sheep
- Dieses
- This; neuter demonstrative pronoun or adjective
- Schlachten
- Slaughtering; butchering; killing animals for food
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