This section is from the book "Food - What It Is And Does", by Edith Greer. Also available from Amazon: Food: What it is and Does.

Position of shoulder-bone.

Muscles of shoulder.

Method of carving.

Method of carving the under part.

Remove wing a-b.
Remove leg c-d.
Disjoint thigh at e.
Remove side-bone f-g.
Slice breast h-i.
Remove wish-bone k-j l.
Remove collar-bone under wing.
Open at m.
Disjoint at n.
{Letters on carving cuts throughout book indicate cutting in the order of the letters).

For small fish.

For fish steaks.

For large fish.
(Adapted from Maria Parloa's "Home Economics," by permission of The Century Co).
 
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