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Be careful and get a young one, as they look much handsomer served up,
and besides are more tender. First cut in the direction _c_, _b_. The
throat bread is considered the choicest part; it lies in the fleshy
portion, near the termination of the jaw-bone, and the line _c_, _d_,
shows the direction to cut into it. On the under part of the lower jaw
there is some very nice meat; and about the ear, _g_, some fat rather
gristly, but highly esteemed. The part near the neck is very inferior.
Sometimes the bone in the line _f_, _e_, is cut off, but this is a
coarse part. The sweet tooth is quite a delicacy--it lies back of all
the rest, and, in a young calf, is easily extracted with the knife. Many
like the eye, which you must cut out with the point of your knife, and
divide in two. Under the head is the palate, which is reckoned a nicety.