3613. When beef is very fat, it does not require basting; if very lean tie it up in buttered paper, and baste frequently and well.
3614. Common cooks are generally fond of too fierce a fire, and of putting things too near to it.
3615. Slow roasting is as advantageous to the tenderness and flavor of meat as slow boiling.
3616. The warmer the weather, and the staler killed the meat is, the less time it will require to roast it.
3617. Meat that is very fat requires more time than other meat.