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.
A vitela não se conserva por tanto tempo quanto uma carne mais velha, especialmente em tempo quente ou úmido: quando começa a deteriorar, a gordura fica mole e úmida, a carne flácida e manchada, e um tanto porosa como uma esponja.
Large, overgrown veal is inferior to small, delicate, yet fat veal.
A vitela grande e excessivamente desenvolvida é inferior à vitela pequena, delicada, porém gorda.
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.
O filé de uma bezerra fêmea é reconhecido pelo úbere a ele anexado e pela maciez da pele; é preferível à vitela de um bezerro macho.
14. Mutton.
14. Carneiro.
The meat should be firm and close in grain, and red in colour, the fat white and firm.
A carne deve ser firme e de grão fechado, e de cor vermelha, com a gordura branca e firme.
Mutton is in its prime when the sheep is about five years old, though it is often killed much younger.
O carneiro está no seu melhor quando o animal tem cerca de cinco anos de idade, embora frequentemente seja abatido muito mais jovem.
If too young, the flesh feels tender when pinched; if too old, on being pinched it wrinkles up, and so remains.
Se muito jovem, a carne parece macia ao ser apertada; se muito velha, ao ser apertada ela enruga e assim permanece.
In young mutton, the fat readily separates; in old, it is held together by strings of skin.
No carneiro jovem, a gordura se separa facilmente; no velho, ela é mantida unida por fios de pele.
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.
Em ovelhas doentes de podridão, a carne é de cor muito pálida, com a gordura tendendo ao amarelo; a carne parece solta do osso e, se espremida, gotas de água escorrem dos grãos; após o cozimento, a carne se desprende completamente dos ossos.
Wether mutton is preferred to that of the ewe; it may be known by the lump of fat on the inside of the thigh.
A carne de carneiro castrado é preferida à da ovelha; pode ser reconhecida pelo acúmulo de gordura na parte interna da coxa.
15. Lamb.
15. Cordeiro.
This meat will not keep long after it is killed.
Esta carne não se conserva por muito tempo após o abate.
Vocabulary
- vitela
- vi-TE-la — Veal; meat from a young calf
- conserva
- kon-SER-va — Preserves or keeps; stays fresh over time
- tanto
- TAN-to — So much; as much; to such a degree
- tempo
- TEM-po — Time; period; duration of something
- quanto
- KWAN-to — How much; as much as; comparative quantity
- carne
- KAR-ne — Meat; flesh of an animal for eating
- velha
- VE-lya — Old; aged; feminine form of velho
- especialmente
- es-pe-si-al-MEN-te — Especially; particularly; above all others
- quente
- KEN-te — Hot; warm; high in temperature
- úmido
- U-mi-do — Humid; damp; moist in atmosphere or texture
- começa
- ko-ME-sa — Begins; starts; third person singular of começar
- deteriorar
- de-te-ri-o-RAR — To deteriorate; decay; become worse in quality
- gordura
- gor-DU-ra — Fat; grease; fatty tissue in meat
- fica
- FI-ka — Becomes; stays; third person of ficar
- mole
- MO-le — Soft; mushy; lacking firmness or structure
- úmida
- U-mi-da — Moist; damp; feminine form of úmido
- flácida
- FLA-si-da — Flaccid; limp; lacking firmness or tone
- manchada
- man-SHA-da — Stained; spotted; marked with discoloration
- porosa
- po-RO-za — Porous; full of pores; absorbing liquids easily
- esponja
- es-PON-zha — Sponge; absorbent object with porous structure
- excessivamente
- e-kse-si-va-MEN-te — Excessively; too much; beyond normal limits
- desenvolvida
- de-zen-vol-VI-da — Developed; grown; well-formed in structure
- inferior
- in-fe-ri-OR — Inferior; lower in quality or rank
- delicada
- de-li-KA-da — Delicate; tender; fine in texture or quality
- porém
- po-RẼJ — However; but; nevertheless; a contrast connector
- gorda
- GOR-da — Fat; fatty; plump; feminine form of gordo
- filé
- fi-LE — Fillet; a boneless cut of tender meat
- bezerra
- be-ZE-ra — Female calf; young female bovine animal
- fêmea
- FE-me-a — Female; the female sex of an animal
- reconhecido
- re-kon-ye-SI-do — Recognized; identified; acknowledged by its features
- úbere
- U-be-re — Udder; mammary gland of female livestock
- anexado
- a-ne-KSA-do — Attached; joined; connected to something else
- maciez
- ma-si-EZ — Softness; tenderness; smoothness of texture
- pele
- PE-le — Skin; hide; outer covering of an animal
- preferível
- pre-fe-RI-vel — Preferable; better choice; more desirable option
- bezerro
- be-ZE-ro — Male calf; young male bovine animal
- macho
- MA-sho — Male; masculine animal; opposite of female
- Carneiro
- kar-NEJ-ro — Ram; male sheep; also mutton as meat
- deve
- DE-ve — Should; must; third person of dever
- firme
- FIR-me — Firm; solid; not soft or yielding to touch
- grão
- grãw — Grain; texture; granular quality of meat
- fechado
- fe-SHA-do — Closed; tight; compact in grain or texture
- cor
- kor — Color; hue; shade visible on a surface
- vermelha
- ver-ME-lya — Red; crimson; feminine form of vermelho
- branca
- BRAN-ka — White; pale; feminine form of branco
- carneiro
- kar-NEJ-ro — Mutton; meat from a mature sheep
- melhor
- me-LYOR — Best; better; superior in quality or condition
- animal
- a-ni-MAL — Animal; living creature; non-human organism
- cerca
- SER-ka — About; approximately; around a certain amount
- idade
- i-DA-de — Age; years of life; how old something is
- embora
- em-BO-ra — Although; even though; concessive conjunction
- frequentemente
- fre-kwen-te-MEN-te — Frequently; often; happening many times
- seja
- SE-zha — Be; subjunctive form of ser; expressing condition
- abatido
- a-ba-TI-do — Slaughtered; killed; brought down for meat
- jovem
- ZHO-vẽj — Young; youthful; not mature in age
- parece
- pa-RE-se — Seems; appears; looks like something
- macia
- ma-SI-a — Soft; tender; smooth to the touch
- apertada
- a-per-TA-da — Pressed; squeezed; tight when touched
- enruga
- en-RU-ga — Wrinkles; creases; forms folds under pressure
- assim
- a-SĨ — So; thus; in this way; therefore
- permanece
- per-ma-NE-se — Remains; stays; continues in the same state
- separa
- se-PA-ra — Separates; comes apart; detaches from something
- facilmente
- fa-sil-MEN-te — Easily; without difficulty; in a simple manner
- velho
- VE-lyo — Old; aged; masculine form of velha
- mantida
- man-TI-da — Kept; maintained; held together; preserved
- unida
- u-NI-da — United; joined; held together as one piece
- fios
- FI-os — Fibers; threads; thin strands in meat tissue
- ovelhas
- o-VE-lyas — Sheep; plural of ovelha; female sheep
- doentes
- do-EN-tes — Sick; ill; diseased; plural of doente
- podridão
- po-dri-DÃW — Rot; decay; putrefaction of organic matter
- pálida
- PA-li-da — Pale; light in color; lacking normal color
- tendendo
- ten-DEN-do — Tending; leaning toward; inclining in a direction
- amarelo
- a-ma-RE-lo — Yellow; the color yellow; pale yellow hue
- solta
- SOL-ta — Loose; detached; not fixed or attached firmly
- osso
- O-so — Bone; hard skeletal structure inside the body
- espremida
- es-pre-MI-da — Squeezed; pressed; forced to release liquid
- gotas
- GO-tas — Drops; small amounts of liquid falling down
- escorrem
- es-KO-rem — Drip; run off; flow out in small amounts
- grãos
- grãws — Grains; granules; plural of grão; texture units
- após
- a-POS — After; following; subsequent to an event
- cozimento
- ko-zi-MEN-to — Cooking; the process of applying heat to food
- desprende
- des-PREN-de — Detaches; comes off; separates completely from surface
- completamente
- kom-ple-ta-MEN-te — Completely; entirely; in a total or full manner
- ossos
- O-sos — Bones; plural of osso; skeletal structures
- castrado
- kas-TRA-do — Castrated; neutered male animal; wether or steer
- preferida
- pre-fe-RI-da — Preferred; favored; most desirable feminine option
- ovelha
- o-VE-lya — Ewe; female sheep; sheep in general
- pode
- PO-de — Can; is able to; third person of poder
- reconhecida
- re-kon-ye-SI-da — Recognized; identified; feminine form of reconhecido
- acúmulo
- a-KU-mu-lo — Accumulation; buildup; gathering of a substance
- parte
- PAR-te — Part; section; portion of a whole thing
- interna
- in-TER-na — Internal; inner; located on the inside surface
- coxa
- KO-sha — Thigh; upper leg portion of an animal
- Cordeiro
- kor-DEJ-ro — Lamb; young sheep; also lamb meat
- abate
- a-BA-te — Slaughter; the killing of animals for meat
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