3628. Poultry.—No kind of animal food is so delicate and delicious as the flesh of fowls and birds, and no kind is so generally healthful. Rarely does it disagree with those who are well; even the feeble in constitution, or those debilitated by sickness, find this a most agreeable and nutritious diet.
3629. The white meat of a young turkey, when well boiled, is easier of digestion than that of any other fowl.
3630. In a young turkey, the toes and bill are soft.
3631. A young goose (a very old one is not fit to be eaten) is plump in the breast, and the fat white and soft—the feet yellow, the web of the foot thin and tender.
3632. Ducks, if young, feel very tender under the wing, and the web of the foot is transparent.