This section is from the book "Facts Worth Knowing", by Robert Kemp Philip. Also available from Amazon: Inquire Within for Anything You Want to Know.
Cut thin slices parallel with the back-bone; or slice it obliquely from the bone to the edge.
Make a cross incision on the fore-part of the shoulder, and serve slices from both sides of the incision: then cut slices lengthways along the shoulder-blade. Cut fat slices from the round corner.
Make an incision across the centre, and serve from the knuckle-side, or the opposite, according to choice. The knuckle-side will be generally found well done, and the opposite side under-done, for those who prefer it.
Cut down between the bones, into chops.
 
Continue to: