The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1871-04-05
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Inc following communication IFon q
Virginia woman living in New York, we
take from the New York Commercial Ad'
rertiacr: -
I noticed the remarks In your journal
Of Tuesday evening, copied from the
Richmond Enquirer, as to the desirability
Of transplanting some Of our Virginia
dishes to New York tables. As q Viz.
ginian, a true Virginian by birth and rear.
ing, and o thorough New Yorker by adop-
ton, l can speak by the book about these
matters, and perhaps you would not OBJ
ject 10 q few modest suggestions as to the
favour and qualify Of tWobr three ofour
favOrite dishes.
New York is gastronOmically, as she Is
in everything else, grand, liberal, and pro-
fuse; but think our beautiful, teeming,
semi-tropical Virginia can still make some
additions To the magnificent bill Of fare o.
her regal sister tate-additions that will
not only make the mouths Of 0OurmdndI
water at city feasts and festal banquets,
bnt,5what IS much more 10 hec purpose,
overspread the, countenances Of hungry
hard.worked husbands, just home from
down town, with q periecth0lo ofsgemM
smiles, and radiant good humor, Sol
think my little suggestions will DO my
sister. housewives more good than If ]
offered them d poem or asOng, since every
good wife, knpWs,thRt there are both mu-
sic and poetry IN the frizzling Of beel-
steak7whenit Is presently 10 lticilei the
palate Of tho man she loves. In view Of
the enjoyment and physical well. being Of
the, household, catering combined with
cooking rises without doubt to thcdignity
Of q fine art. s,OF riazlFJ -HEg1TE
But about these Virginia dishes. A
genuine Virgins ham must be,trom three
to five years old; they. are not perfect
much before that aga Whether tits Che
good and rich quality Of the grain and
acorns On which the hogs feed, or some
peculiarly Of curing unknown outside, Of
Virginia which gives these hams their eX-
.qujsite favprs I do not know, butt can:
not exaggerate their addition TO the
pleasures Of the table. 2 GHl2oE : SiiG
When Mr.. Faulkner was Minister 70
Paris he gave on 'one occasion q grand
ball, /, Just before the departure of his
guests, people mostly Of the highest as
tipet and celebrity, he:inyited them %
be introduced TO what he declared would
prove to them an epicnreaIi wonder con-
noisseurs, though they were. Marshaling
them with great ceremony intothe sup
per. room, he cut q Virginia ham five
years old, and invited the eLtgdnS Hrouhd
him TO hRndle,it without gloves" " This
request they literally compiled wfh, re-
moving their gloves and taking the thin
almost transparent slices, from which ey-
cry particle OF tho coarse grease Is OK
tracted, between their fingers, and eating
them, with q, piquant gusto that only y
Frelchmui can attain unto. Americans
cat because they arc hungry, but q French
man sublimes eating as he does every en-
oyment of tho senses into something fit
for the gods. } 81 ,slatA ia 10
The Parisians pronounced an unanswer.
able verdict, 10 the effect that Mr.. Faulk.
ner's dish was wonder Of the world in
the ham line. NERnTV
Y AT q supper at my owuhouse some four
OF five years since, gentleman whblS as
distinguished an authority on table mat
tiers, as in diplomacy, man Of great dig.
nifty and presence, rose and solcmnly pro.
posed toast Silence Ieigned. In the
midst oil II his voice rose clear and con.
Hincing. i"The health Of the grocer who
sold Mrs, G, that hmm" The COMPANY
Joined IN the toast with one acclaim. I
assured him that 1t was the health Of
Virginia farmer, that he ought TO have
proposed, and at tho same time, called his
attention to q fine Westphalia, ono Of
several which had been sent us as pres.
ents from an English friend | don't wish
10 disparage W estphalia, EOr the West.
phGilahs, But mus Sas nj esfp6aliari
stock sank below par On that cccasiop. q
The best way to get those hams In their
perfection, is to send an order to u first
class Richmond grocer, and have them
forwarded. knaVclage size, say twelve.
FOUNDER, requires to be boiled over good
fire from two and u hall to three hours
Then remove the ham from the pot, peel
off the skin, sprinkle 1t thickly over with
stale bread cIums, and clots Of black pep
per here and there, place 1t in the oven
and let it remain, TIL 1t becomes a rich
brown. "a suspicion Of old Madeira, on
Champagne in theiuIcs which runs into
the dish, Is not bad.
Fried chicken is, believe, Southern
delicacy also. Among all the luxurious
b6nquets Of the North, | do not remem.
Der to have seen 1t. Let me give you a
recipe, d Having thoroughly washed your
chicken, divide 1t into parts, as II for a
friccassee; roll the pieces In flour, until
they arc thickly covered. Take o few
thin sliceS Of middling bacon or sweet
pork, fry them into q gravy, then remove
them, andputyour chicken into thisgravy.
For one chicken takea gill Of pure cream,
thicken It with flour, a, small lump Of
sweet butter, and pepper and lsalt to your
taste. Pour this over the chicken as 1t
fries. Let the gravy and the chicken be
cooked q rich light golden brown. The
chicken protected, and its juices kept in
by the light crust Of flour, ismore delicate
than when broiled, Don't fry the, chicken
in batter now, and call it my way, and be
sure your chickens are gerry young and
~ Standing with reluctant feet,
Where the brook and river meet.
NoWthen "gude wife' place your chick
en-, hot, crisp, and tempting, in It's bed Of
delicious cream gravy, with the addition
of'a'ireshs cool green salad, q few Sarato.
ga potatoes, perhaps, and cup Of genuine
French coffee; place this simple, inexpen-
sive little dinner on your table, and then
iold your hands meekly and wach John
eatiisy II he don't beam all over and call
you "tlie dearest little women in the
.worldn"- why. then he isn't worth having,
and the sooner you set an Indiana divorce,
and proceed to hunt up your ;" affinity
the better.
Did you ever taste pickles? don't
mean those d hominatiois they thrust q
YOU for lcKleS in thsNew YORK market,
but our pickles, made from pure ola Cider
vinegar, soItened by, dash Of brown su.
Sr,a, :. .n1 Nnyorod With olIfha or;oa. - A