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The Business of Being a Housewife / A Manual to Promote Household Efficiency and Economy

Chapter 12: STANDARD CUTS OF BEEF
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A practical manual treating household management as an economic enterprise, offering guidance on food selection, purchasing, storage, and meal planning to maximize efficiency and economy. It clarifies how meat prices reflect carcass yields, grades, and processing costs rather than live-animal price per pound, and outlines shifts in production, preservation, and commercial handling that affect quality and cost. Emphasizing waste reduction and informed buying, it recommends reliance on inspected products, reputable brands, and labor-saving prepared foods, and provides tips for conserving raw materials and composing nutritionally balanced menus aligned with broader production and distribution systems.

STANDARD CUTS OF BEEF

Every wise home manager should learn to cook to advantage every cut of meat.

This knowledge of correct cookery offers an opportunity for a wide variety of meat dishes.