The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-05-16
TIE WllITEBAIT DINNER
a GATHrBlyo or I1TEn.ny hpIcuREs
Ar MANHATTAN BEACH
George Conrad. the Old Gnstronom,ist or the
Union club, In All his Giory-Appearance
OF the Fish-How IL IL Cooked and served.

the ri.h-How 1t !. Cook ed aud served.
Tho sooson ononod =, Monho,,am noaa,
yesterday with Grafulla's full band. and tho
first whitobait dinner ever given I'm America
Scvcnty-llve literary epicurcs sat down TO tho
table and ate the fish, while poor Grafulla waved
his baton and wistfully watched the feast. The
dinncr was spread at the Manhattan Beach Ho-
tel. All o'clock Mr.. George Conrad the che,
dcmsthe. appeared in tho kitchen in all his
glory surrounded by snowy-cnpped cooks.
1t was a scene from one Of Aimcos op-
erns. bushcl of delicate silvcry fishes.
not longer than an infants finger wore dumned
in, WI
,'Vo " nuhc pun anu recelNeu 'horough Wash-
ing. Then one Of the cooks poured mixture
OF eggs and cream into n nm and whinped IA
into n hr,,,h, ,,oII,, - M - c,
ln'o orlEht soluon Color Inc tiny fishes wero
hroWn therein without cleaning. and kept
thcro until thorouuhlv sonkod A aacond
cook nicl,nd ,bo,, 80, S,, H.. ,,,, - -
them into hillock OF white -four. where
thcv vera aifted througb bia an,ora ,,n,,I
they resembled strlps Of dough A third artist
then floured them second time, and they wcre
carefully laid in n large. souaro nan md turned
ovor 10 pr, corrod r,ha, ,,o,,io,,,,, ,,..,
oVer 10 froL conrad ihat gentleman dropped
them into n peck measure Of wicker work.
seized its handle and sunk thcm into n NOT ~
teII,.,' ,r, ,'i',i nv po' Y,
pcH'hg not Int' lherc no kept them three or
fu and ready To serve. - ''''N
The whitebait came upon the table smoking
hot. A small piece OF lemon and half disc u
brown bread accompanied them. Tho literary
epicuros regarded the fish with much curl
osty There was a general shout Of How do
you eat them ?" what do you put on them ?"
and similar eNprossiOns. Several pnutlpiuon
went at them in IA business manner with
n knife and fork. and this called pro-
Sredin. who exclaimed Oh, don't cut
them. You spoil them. Take them in your
fingers. and eat them thus" Thcrcupon ho
took one between his thumb and Tor. Ginger cle-
vatcd the little finger like lady with a diamond
ring. and nipped the tidbt like n grass-
hopper. The AAd McAIasters followed his
example. and SOON the whole cumunny wrro
rcveiling ia the dclicacy. The Ash tasted lika
small crisp trout To compare them To- Moons
Saratoga uotntoes as sOnir of .ur English-
They arr toothsonc nu1 aunrtizinc and w,.ro
univrrsa ally voted "A great su'.,.ss A f'w daring
gcnius.s sopped them i'm Woreestershir. sauce
and ono barbarian tried olive oil ana vinegar
hut the majority snnsound them with lriIon
iucn nnd thnnkflIv nt ihru ns theV cam" from
prof Cnnrniis hnn1s "
Tho prntes.,r ~ ~ that yhitohnif nre cooked
In five or six al irer,,nt WAYS Thr siinplnst wnv
is the best Roll ihem I'M Hour ana fry diem IN
very hot fat Beef surt is In, best This ,s tho
wnv tha ENGLISH eat thrni. and tlr ,yny thay ara
served nj the Star and Garter One irniure oi
the dinner Yesterday wns n Hnvos uunch hid-
drn in oranges IL added greatly 1 tho zest of
tle fish nnI to ihs nntertniriurnl nf the Nterarv
,pieurcs The whit .lnit were furnished by
Mr. Eugene Hlacklorl Of Fulton Market who
enNs th.v wer.. nnti,.h. in Nav YORK hnv bv nm
Old En- lish fisherman
Tho Ash was first ii is covered in our winters hy
Mr. j. Carson Br.ypprt "A gentleman Of leisure
with !. tl-t. for uiscutorinl sporis H. Vns drap-
eiuE "A fine uct through tho bny in search Of
murine curiosifi = when he cuuplt The tinv sill
| very LUXURY This was in 1867. Before HAT a