This section is from the book "The Boston Cooking-School Cook Book", by Fannie Merritt Farmer. Also available from Amazon: Original 1896 Boston Cooking-School Cook Book.
Articles | Refuse | Proteid | Mineral matter | ||
Fore-quarter ................... | 19.8 | 14.1 | 16.1 | .7 | 49.3 |
Hind-quarter................... | 16.3 | 15.3 | 15.6 | .8 | 52. |
Round ........................... | 8.5 | 18.7 | 8.8 | 1. | 63. |
Rump............................ | 18.5 | 14.4 | 19. | .8 | 47.3 |
Loin..... | 12.6 | 15.9 | 17.3 | .9 | 53.3 |
Ribs..... | 20.2 | 13.6 | 20.6 | .7 | 44.9 |
Chuck ribs..................... | 13.3 | 15. | 20.8 | .8 | 50.1 |
Tongue.......................... | 15.1 | 14.8 | 15.3 | .9 | 53.9 |
Heart............................ | 16. | 20.4 | 1. | 62.6 | |
Carbohydrates | |||||
Kidney.......................... | .4 | 16.9 | 4.8 | 1.2 | 76.7 |
Liver.............................. | 1.8 | 21.6 | 5.4 | 1.4 | 69.8 |
Hind-quarter................. | 16.7 | 13.5 | 23.5 | .7 | 45.6 |
Fore-quarter................. | 21.1 | 11.9 | 25.7 | .7 | 40.6 |
Leg ............................. | 17.4 | 15.1 | 14.5 | .8 | 52.2 |
Loin............................. | 14.2 | 12.8 | 31.9 | .6 | 40.5 |
Fore-quarter ................. | 24.5 | 14.6 | 6. | .7 | 54.2 |
Hind-quarter................. | 20.7 | 15.7 | 6.6 | .8 | 56.2 |
Leg..... | 10.5 | 18.5 | 5. | 1. | 65. |
Sweetbreads................. | 15.4 | 12.1 | 1.6 | 70.9 | |
Loin of pork................... | 16. | 13.5 | 27.5 | .7 | 42.3 |
Ham, smoked................ | 12.7 | 14.1 | 33.2 | 4.1 | 35.9 |
Salt pork....................... | 8.1 | 6.5 | 66.8 | 2.7 | 15.9 |
Bacon............................ | 8.1 | 9.6 | 60.2 | 4.3 | 17.8 |
Chicken ........................ | 34.8 | 14.8 | 1.1 | .8 | 48.5 |
Fowl ............................. | 30. | 13.4 | 10.2 | .8 | 45.6 |
Turkey......................... | 22.7 | 15.7 | 18.4 | .8 | 42.4 |
Goose........................... | 22.2 | 10.3 | 33.8 | .6 | 33.1 |
W. O. Atwater, Ph.D.
 
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