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.
Nos últimos anos, as ostras inglesas tornaram-se escassas e caras; e, em consequência, as ostras americanas Blue Point encontram um mercado pronto.
12. Beef.
12. Carne de vaca.
The grain of ox beef, when good, is loose, the meat red, and the fat inclining to yellow.
A fibra da carne de boi, quando boa, é solta, a carne é vermelha e a gordura tende ao amarelo.
Cow beef, on the contrary, has a closer grain and whiter fat, but the meat is scarcely as red as that of ox beef.
A carne de vaca, pelo contrário, tem uma fibra mais fechada e gordura mais branca, mas a carne é dificilmente tão vermelha quanto a do boi.
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.
A carne de vaca inferior, que é a carne obtida de animais mal alimentados, ou daqueles que se tornaram velhos demais para o consumo, pode ser reconhecida por uma gordura dura e escassa, uma parte magra de vermelho escuro e, em animais velhos, uma linha de textura córnea que atravessa a carne das costelas.
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.
Quando a carne se ergue rapidamente após ser pressionada pelo dedo, pode ser considerada como sendo a carne de um animal que estava no auge; mas quando a marca feita pela pressão retorna lentamente, ou permanece visível, o animal provavelmente havia passado do seu auge, e a carne, consequentemente, deve ser de qualidade inferior.
13. Veal
13. Vitela
should be delicately white, though it is often juicy and well-flavoured when rather dark in colour.
deve ser delicadamente branca, embora seja frequentemente suculenta e bem temperada quando de cor bastante escura.
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.
Diz-se que os açougueiros sangram os bezerros propositalmente antes de abatê-los, com o objetivo de tornar a carne branca, mas isso também a torna seca e sem sabor.
On examining the loin, if the fat enveloping the kidney be white and firm-looking, the meat will probably be prime and recently killed.
Ao examinar o lombo, se a gordura que envolve o rim for branca e de aparência firme, a carne provavelmente será de primeira qualidade e abatida recentemente.
Vocabulary
- últimos
- Last, most recent, referring to a period
- anos
- Years, units of time measurement
- ostras
- Oysters, edible marine bivalve mollusks
- inglesas
- English, feminine plural adjective for England
- tornaram-se
- Became, reflexive past tense of 'tornar'
- escassas
- Scarce, in short supply or rare
- caras
- Expensive, costly in price
- consequência
- Consequence, result of a cause or action
- americanas
- American, feminine plural adjective for America
- encontram
- Find, encounter, third person plural present tense
- mercado
- Market, place or context for buying and selling
- pronto
- Ready, prepared and available immediately
- Carne
- Meat, flesh used as food
- vaca
- Cow, adult female bovine animal
- fibra
- Fiber, texture strand found in meat or plants
- carne
- Meat, animal flesh used as food
- boi
- Ox, castrated adult male bovine
- quando
- When, conjunction indicating time or condition
- solta
- Loose, not tight or compact in texture
- vermelha
- Red, feminine adjective describing red color
- gordura
- Fat, fatty tissue present in meat
- tende
- Tends, inclines toward a certain characteristic
- amarelo
- Yellow, color associated with certain animal fat
- contrário
- Contrary, opposite; used in 'pelo contrário'
- fechada
- Closed, compact, tight in structure or texture
- branca
- White, feminine adjective describing white color
- dificilmente
- Hardly, with great difficulty, rarely
- tão
- So, as, adverb used in comparisons
- quanto
- As much as, used in comparative structures
- inferior
- Inferior, of lower quality or grade
- obtida
- Obtained, gotten from a particular source
- animais
- Animals, living creatures used for food production
- mal
- Poorly, badly, adverb indicating inadequate manner
- alimentados
- Fed, nourished, past participle of 'alimentar'
- daqueles
- Of those, contraction of 'de' and 'aqueles'
- tornaram
- Became, third person plural simple past of 'tornar'
- velhos
- Old, aged, masculine plural adjective
- demais
- Too much, excessively beyond a suitable degree
- consumo
- Consumption, use of goods especially as food
- reconhecida
- Recognized, identified by certain characteristics
- dura
- Hard, tough in texture, difficult to chew
- escassa
- Scarce, in short supply or insufficient
- parte
- Part, portion of a whole
- magra
- Lean, low in fat content
- vermelho
- Red, masculine adjective describing red color
- escuro
- Dark, deep in color or shade
- linha
- Line, streak or stripe running through something
- textura
- Texture, the feel or consistency of a surface
- córnea
- Horny, hard and tough like horn material
- atravessa
- Crosses, passes through or runs across something
- costelas
- Ribs, bones forming the chest or rib cut
- Quando
- When, conjunction indicating time or condition
- ergue
- Rises, springs back up after being pressed
- rapidamente
- Quickly, in a fast or swift manner
- após
- After, following in time or sequence
- pressionada
- Pressed, pushed down with force
- dedo
- Finger, digit used to press or test something
- considerada
- Considered, regarded as having certain qualities
- animal
- Animal, living creature used for food
- auge
- Peak, prime, highest point of quality or condition
- marca
- Mark, impression left by pressure or contact
- feita
- Made, formed, past participle of 'fazer'
- pressão
- Pressure, force applied to a surface
- retorna
- Returns, goes back to original state
- lentamente
- Slowly, in a slow or gradual manner
- permanece
- Remains, stays in a particular state
- visível
- Visible, able to be seen or noticed
- provavelmente
- Probably, likely with reasonable certainty
- havia
- Had, third person singular pluperfect of 'haver'
- passado
- Passed, gone beyond a point or stage
- consequentemente
- Consequently, as a result therefore
- deve
- Should, must, third person singular of 'dever'
- qualidade
- Quality, degree of excellence or standard
- Vitela
- Veal, meat from a young calf
- delicadamente
- Delicately, in a fine or subtle manner
- embora
- Although, even though, concessive conjunction
- seja
- Be, present subjunctive of 'ser'
- frequentemente
- Frequently, often, on many occasions
- suculenta
- Juicy, succulent, full of natural moisture
- temperada
- Seasoned, flavored with spices or condiments
- cor
- Color, hue or shade of something
- bastante
- Quite, rather, fairly to a considerable degree
- escura
- Dark, deep in color or shade, feminine form
- Diz-se
- It is said, they say, impersonal expression
- açougueiros
- Butchers, people who sell or prepare meat
- sangram
- Bleed, drain blood from an animal
- bezerros
- Calves, young bovine animals not yet mature
- propositalmente
- Purposely, intentionally with a specific goal
- antes
- Before, prior to in time or sequence
- abatê-los
- Slaughter them, to kill animals for food
- objetivo
- Objective, goal or purpose of an action
- tornar
- To make, to render something a certain way
- torna
- Makes, renders, third person singular of 'tornar'
- seca
- Dry, lacking moisture or juice
- sem
- Without, lacking, preposition of absence
- sabor
- Flavor, taste of food or drink
- examinar
- Examine, inspect or analyze carefully
- lombo
- Loin, cut of meat from the back
- envolve
- Surrounds, wraps around something
- rim
- Kidney, organ used as indicator of meat quality
- for
- Be, future subjunctive of 'ser'
- aparência
- Appearance, the way something looks visually
- firme
- Firm, solid and not soft in texture
- será
- Will be, future tense of 'ser'
- primeira
- First, earliest or foremost in order
- abatida
- Slaughtered, killed for meat production
- recentemente
- Recently, not long ago in time
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