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Wild Meats, Birds et al

the cellular substance, than any other meat &
is improper as food for the sedentary, but fresh
pork with many vegatables constitutes a good
aliment for the healthy & labouring class.

The wild meats of our country are very good.
our venison is perhaps the best in the world
and easy of digestion both when fresh & when
long kept. It is not very nutritious.

Birds supply us with some of the many luxurious
articles of the table. Their flesh differs from
quadrapeds, and those that feed upon flesh
are not so good. The duck tho, it sometimes
eats flesh is very good. The turkey stands as the
head of them and in this country is very large
We have it weighing 25 lbs. The common fowl
differs little from the turkey the soup made of
them is one of the best things for the sick.
An old Cock or hen is one of the toughest things
we can find & should be boiled several hours.