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A pale pink color indicates that the animal was un- 

 healthy, while a dark purple hue is a sign that it was 

 not slaughtered but died from disease, the blood re- 

 maining in the body. 



Veal is pink in color and has tender white fibers. 

 "Bob veal" (that which has been killed too young) 

 may be recognized by its flabby flesh of a blue tinge. 

 It is very unwholesome. The fat of veal is not dis- 

 tributed through the lean as it is in beef, and the same 

 is true of mutton. Good meat has very little odor, and, 

 if any is noticed, it should not be disagreeable. Tainted 

 meat often gives off an unpleasant odor while being 

 cooked, and is not pleasant to the taste. If meat is 

 wet and flabby to the touch, it is not good, and 

 should it not remain dry and firm after being kept in 

 a cool place, it is probably not wholesome. 



Bad pork is dotted with grayish white spots about 

 the size of a bean. Dishonest dealers often cut up such 

 pork into sausages. This practice and the ease with 

 which sausage can be adulterated in other ways make 

 it, to say the least, a very doubtful food. The follow- 

 ing story illustrates this point very well. A little boy 

 boasted that he could tell from what animals the 

 various meats came. The veal chops at luncheon he 

 readily assigned to the calf, and the leg of mutton at 

 dinner to the sheep. When sausage was placed on the 

 table next morning, the lad looked much puzzled. 

 However, he did not wish to fail completely in the 

 presence of the grown-up members of the family; 



