New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-05-23
HOME INTERESTS.
THE coon THINGS OF MAY.

THE PLEASING PoULTRY-THE VEGETABLE STAND
SALADS, BUTTER, EGGS, FISH AND sTRAWBER-
RlEs.
There is one place where saunterer hardly ever
fails to acquire appetite, and that Is the Market
where pretty red crabs lie next to the slvery nall
but where the crisp green lettuce and the bright
tomatoes nre heaped together in delicious confusion
where pearly fresh eggs hint of Omeets, and dis'
tant CLEAN of firm red and white suggests delicate
roast No stand is more picturesque than that of the
poultry dealer. where the plump little pigeons hud-
die close to the pale lcmOn-colored broilers; ana
accommodating turkeys turn up their toes beside
the pinkish sweotbrcads.
Those same sweetbreads have moderated
their demands since last week; they are
now but So dozen. The roasting chlckens are 70
cents pound fowl 10 and 16 cents; brollers,
81 25 to 81 80 pair, and not very plenty. SQUADS
are So dozen. and wild pigeons are ST. % dozen.
1t is soemnly stated that a party OF those who
make the catching of wild pigeons business some
times find their work profitable to the agreeable
extent of q thousand dollars in two days. The
settlingplace of the pigeons is telegraphed to the
professional hunter. and barrel after barrel Of the
feathered things sent to market in few hours
English snipe cost from so cents to So dozen {;
plover, So 30 q dozen. Turkeys are 20 cents
Mound; the unctuOus goose is 10 to 20 tame ducks
are % cents a pound, and capons are 80 cents.
Sbad. now sold by the pound. brings IL cents for
that quantity Of faky flesh and Astounding bones
The dear but indigestibo lobster is 10 cents a
pound clams-breathng forth scent of dainty
stews-are 80 cents a hundred; and sOft-shell
crabs-to be rolled in eggs and cracker dust and
fried in n wire basket-cOst from 40 cents to 81 q
dozen. The hard-shels are 40 cents dozen. The
beguiling Spanish mackorol IS 80 cents pound {;
and the delicate little frogs legs are also 30 CENTS
Bluesh is II cents pound Long Island trout, 81,
and the frozen Canada trout, 80 cents.
Tho vegetable stand is in these May days pictnr-
esauo mass Of emerald and silver and ruby. Tho
dewy, whte-hoarted lettuce is cents head, and
fine tomatoes still 25 cents quart.
These speak of salad aud it must not be forgot
ten that another salad equally delicious is the small
string bean, thoroughly boiled, set on ice to get
perfectly cold, and served with French dressing
Asparagus is e cents large bunch, peas are %
cents n half peek, and young onions, little but
spirited, cents a bunch. Cucumbers OF plump
and smooth proportions are cents apiece; lcckS.
good to rub hot dish for hint Of ayOrlrg, are
= cents q bunch. Tho tiny red radshcs are penny
bunch; and Thubar6 IL 4 cents 9uncn parsley
cents. Spinach is 10 cents half peck; and new
potatoes, the incest OF their kind, 80 cents hat
peck
the good things that come with tho violet and the
"Odors from the springing grass. the Pine tree and
the sasSairas "cOsts now 10 to 20 cents for hind
quarters. and 3 cents for f0requarters. llndquar-
ters OF mnttOn arc IL cents, and shOrt-quartors y
cents Chops are II cents a pound. Prime cuts of
beef arc IS cents; pOrtcrhouse steaks % cents.
"Iinttor an eggs an pound Ofchcese have not
changed much in price since last week. That MIRA
Gle of clovcry Sweetness the Philadelphia print is
80 cents: creamery butter Is a little lover %
cents; and tub butter is %. The old English dairy
cheese is 20 cents pound; pineapple - ana other
cheese about rs. Eggs are Is cents dozen.
Strawberries vary greatly in price. the num-
Der of cents depending uDOn the perfection
Of the berries. They range from 20 to 80
cents quart; and large boxes, said to con-
tain two and ono-haf quarts and full of deep red.
lrckcd berries cost 80 cents. These berries are
now ripe enough 10 he used for Custards,
creams and sauces. A delicious strawberry sauce
for baked buildings is made thus Beat half cup
fnl of butter and one cupfnl Of sugar to n cream
add the stiff beaten white of one and generous
oupful OF ripe strawberries thoroughly mashed.
MENU.
Tomato
Spanish mackrrl brOllcd cucunbcrs.
hcpf tu,fa IS la Spinach