How to carve every joint on the table, 1887 — from the woman who wrote the Boston Cook Book, cut by cut.

Roast Duck

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Roast Duck

Place it in the same position and carve in the same way as a goose. Begin at the wing, and cut down to the bone in long thin slices…

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