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Saddle of Mutton

1272. The saddle of mutton is carved in three different ways-1st, by longitudinal slices along each side of the bone, by which the lean longitudinal slices along each side of the bone, by which the lean and fat do not come in the same slice; 2nd, by transverse slices, taking in the bones, and which therefore must be thick and clumsy and 3rd, by , which is far the best plan, in which the knife begins at the bone near the tail, and, after cutting off the outside, takes a series of parallel slices all through the joint (sec fig. 177).