New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-04-18
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HE Use OF DRIED VEGETABLES.


THE USE OF DRIED VEGETABLES.
THEIR MANY GOOD QUALIT1Es-THE BEST VARIE-
TIES OF DAT MEAL-THE FISH MARKET FULL
AND PRICES EAsY-sATURDAY's PRICES IN THE
MARKETS.
Dried fruits and vegetables are now so commonly
used that almost all housekeepers consider it essen
tial to keep such commodities on hand by tho guam
tity III kept in covered tins they retain their
flavor and color perfectly but there is 80 little diff
ference IN the wholesale and retail prices of these
edibles that in the city it is quite as well to buy
such things in small quantity as required for use
A very nice and convenient arrangement in dried
vegetables Is the finely cut mixture of carrots, tur
nlps and other vegetables used in Julienne soup.
They are almost good, when well soaked ana
boiled, the freshly cut article, and costing but
trhe more are very desirable In time-saving point
Of view. Dried peas green, and ripe, are also nice
for soups and the little yellow split pea is eonsid-
cred very delicate in flavor. Black beans and white
beans have much larger market than the area
peas, and are used as vegetables and for soups
There is a greater choice IN the quality OF Deans
than most purchasers are aware of, the small bean
being by far the richer in flavor.
The use Of boiled grains for breakfast dishes mas mas
prejudice against them as "poor-house food" has
utterly died out. Every hOusekeeper considers "
the correct thing to dish of oat NEAL cracked
wheat or hOminy ut breakfast. very nice variety
of oat meal is called oaten greats: IL IS mucn
coarser and requires more time to COOK than ordl-
nary Oat meal, for which reason u IS necessary 10
prepare 1t the day before using. Oaten greats IL
fnyorite dish among the Germans In the lace OF
the famine it seems absurd to talk OF imported llsh
Oat meal; grOcers, however pretend 10 sell lC ~ ID
n fact that lovers of Oat meal maintaln--notwltn-
standing the distinction which Importation ,lends
any article of food clothing-Gt no oaJ meal from
Ireland Scotland can begin to compare with tnat
raised in Northern Ohio and sold Throughout the
country as Akron oat meal. ,-.,
There IS nothing new in the markets worm men
tiOning Spring lamb grows cheaper and better as
the season advances. Hind querteTs are worth from
SO 20 to $50 80 in the marketsi fore quarters are
gOld rs cheap as 81 % and 81 90 Good hind
1uarers OF veal are and Is cents per pound fore
quarters sell for IL and 13 cents and tho shoulders
breasts md cheap cuts are SOLD In tne markets us
low as 10 cents per pound good outlets arc as hgh
as % cents i'm retail stores, though OF course they
can be bought much lower In the markets. IL
should be borne in mind however, by al nonse-
keepers that this il the for what Is known to
the trade rs bob veal" that 49, veal so young aS
10 be unit for fOOd-and great care should be used
RIB roast still holds its own at 20 cents per pound,
and other cuts remain at the Ola PrieGs On oon,s mar
pair pigeons are now 81 20 per dozen chlckens
% and % cents per pound; turkey is selling at
from 10 to 20 cents; capons are % cents; tame
luck % cents, redheads, 81 20 per pair snipe, So
per dozen; broadbills. 80 cents per pair. -
The fish market is full and prices are easy. Shsd
continues to grow cheaper as the season advances.
Buck shad is sold now as cheap as 20 cents hsh
roc shad eau be had for 40 and 10. Fresh brook
trout is still pl per pOuDu, DuG nlCo tIOuO ilum
Canada can be had for 20 cents in the markets.
Fresh maokerel have gone down to II and 20 cents
apiece according to size, the mackere supply beng
really greater than the demand Black bass, red
snappers and musCalOng are still 10 cents per
pound prawns sell for 81 90 per gallon; jelly fish
il still 50 Cents pOr pound, and pompano $l Perch
and German carp continue to sell for 10 cents per
pound pickcGel IL cents, founders 8, and herring
cents Soft clans arc % to 90 cents per hundred
scallops 81 80 per gallon. Lobsle have gone down
TO cents per pound for small size, which are never
very good the larger Holsters sell for 10 and even
10 cents i'm the retail stores. Striped bass IS 10
cents; smelts are selling "a lev az II cents; green
turtle 10 cents; refrigerated salmon 20 cents;
tcrrapins are $14 20 1924 per dozen frost fish and
haddoCk Conts; halibut, 10 cents per pound. ,
The fruit stores are pentifully supplied, but tho
nriccs grow no smaller in consequence Some new
fruits lave been received during the past week from
the West Indies Green t0marinds III their snei,s
nre sold at cents per pound, fruit OF Atavma sells
for so cents and 81 per dozen according to condl-
tion: Quavas are 90 cents and 81 per dozen Malaga
graves are very poor at this season. and are scarce
az 90 cents per pound. Bananas are plentiful, ana
sell for 80 and 90 cents per dozens pineapples are
20 and 30 cents apiece; oranges arc all the way
from % to 81 per dozen.
Southern vegetables arc plentiful, but nothing
new Il observable in the markets. Caulifower IL
still 90 cents head but there is nm Improvement
IN quality since last Saturday. Bermuda potatoes
are tre cheaper. Other vegetables remain at last
week 5 prices,