New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-08-28
HOME INTERESTS.
pRJCES I'M THE MARKETS.

halibut 18 cents, bass 80 CENTS eels dressed, 1S
cents, lobsters-which little more plentiful
than last week-12l2 cents. Frozen salmon is As
CENTS founders 10 cents fukes 10 cents, blackish
Is cents, large fresh mackerel Is cents, Spanish
mackerel 40 cents, pompano 81, butter fish 10
weakfish 12l2 cents kingiish 20 cents, sheepshead
80 cents, pOrgy II cents, bass is 80 cents and
bluefsh 12ie cents. Cultivated brook trout from
Long Island are 81 25 pound wild bro ok trout
80 cents, salmon trout 16 cents whitofsh cents
and large lake pckere IS CENTS Green turtle is Is
cents pound. Large hard CLANS rs cents
| hundred opened. Little Neck clans cents,
and crayfsh P3 so hundred. Scallops are 81 so
gallon, hard crabs S3 hundred, soft crabs So
a dozen. Frogs legs 40 cents pound; whitehall
rs cents.
The following recipes for cooking this fish, which
is 50 highly esteemed by English epicures, given
by Mr.. L. g. Blackboard, United States Fish Commits
soner: Put the fish into sieve containing little
-four seasoned with pepper and SALT and toss them
til they well coated; then fry brown in smoking
hot fat; garnish with lemon cat with cayenne and
brown bread Or dip the fish iii delicate batter,
very lightly seasoned with salt and pepper; fry and
serve above. Or dip the fish first in milk, then in
| cracker dust next i'll beaten egg, and again in
cracker dust fry and serve above. Always lay
fried articles of food upon brown paper for minute
after they cooked in order to free them from fat
Beef seems to remain fixed at its present high
price, though dealers say there must be change as
| SOOH us CONu WcaIHer SPUS III. ITlmo rlDS are ~
cents pound, srlon roast 20 cents, chuck roast
to 1S cents crOss-rib roast 16 cents top of the
srlon II cents, porterhouse steak % to %
cents sirloin steak "a cents cOrned rump 16
cents brsket II cents and plate 10 cents suet is
cents pound, beefs liver cents and beefs palate
10 cents, beefs hearts % cents EACH tongues rs
cents corned tongues II cents pound and
smoked tongues % cents Smoked beef is high
some dealers in salt and smoked provisions do not
keep it; it is % cents pound Oxtas, for soup
are 81 dozen.
| Veal is higher than last week. Hindquarters are
to IL cents pound, leg of veal is IL cents lon
cents, ilet 80 cents; forequarters are IL cents
| shoulder IL cents, thirteen rib racks II cents.
Calves heads arc 50 cents each, livers 35 cents,
tongues 10 cents kidneys o cents sweetbreads are
$3 n dozen; calves brains are 36 cents.
Poultry and game already lower, in anticpa-
ton possibly of the 1st of September when the
game law expires and all game, except quail NAV be
sold. ate spring chickens from 10 to g cents
| a pound Philadelphia chicken, 10 to 20 cents;
State fowls, II 70 Ii cents; Philadelphia fowls II
| to 10 cents; spring turkeys % cents spring
ducks, Is to Do cents green geese Is to % cents;
tame or wild pigeons, 81 80 n dozen tame squats,
So 90 and wild squads So co. woodcOck is a 81 so
| "a pair reed birds, 80 TO 90 cents u doz n; black
birds 40 cents; fresh snpe, 80 cents to 81 70 Eng
sh snlpe and ployer, The last of the frozen stock
Butter is higher and promises to rise more. The
best light salt butter is 80 cents pound c.eamery
30 cents, Western % cen s. and fancy Western %
cents jersey and st to eggs are 20 cents Dozen
Vegetables are cheap and plenty Small cucum-
bers and other vegetables for pickles arriving IN
market in considerable quantities. Broccoli aud
iall cauliiower Is from 10 to 20 cents head.
| bage, 10 cents. Rutabaga turnips are 10 cents a
hall peck, and white tnrnips 10 ccnts n bunch.
cents quart: shallot, 20 cents Spanish onions 10
! cents pound and new garlics 10 cents bunch.
Celery raised In this country Is % cents, Romaine
J . IA "A la Let CHI
cory and waercress the same price, Sorrcl is 20
cents half pee. Ripe tomatoes are 5 cents a
/ for tomato wine: Gather perfectly ripe tomatoes
tba nr rne t JHh Ss oog %aaer over
linen towel. This removes most OF the colormg
matter and makes the juice nearly While
! Put it III carthen jar and let it
stand three days then drain it off
ana add bali pound OF sugar 20 pound of Juice
months. Serve with cracked lee in the glasses in
Which which 1t Is to be poured Green tomatoes for
hundred, larger cucumberS 2 cents each. Large
b4ll-nosed peppers are . cents each. Globe art-
chokes are 20 cents each, okra 20 cents hundred
corn Is cents dozen, stelled Lima beans 20 cents
"A quart. egg-plants 10 cents each Boston marrow
squash 10 10 - cents. For casoning, fresh thyme
sweet mlrJoran, summer saYory, mint chervil and
parsley are each cents II bunch; tarragon is 10
cents. From Jamaica there are huge vans ut
cents pound, and plantaIns 80 to 70 cents dozen
| green ginger, for preservInG, is cents pound.
! 20 cents.
Peaches continue scarce and high. The fruit in
peaches that sell for 10 cents quart little better
/ than those offered mt the same price several weeks
! ago, and good peaches worth from So
| basket, upward. Pears plentiful and fine; sugar
pears are cents quart and fine BIrtletts and other
good grades are aoOut the same price. Pums are
offered in all varieties from 10 to - cents Il quart.
Among small fruits blackberIies ID cents a
quart, and whorebcrrics Is cents. Concord grapes
are sold III Washington market three pounds Tor 20
cents. a large quantity of Muscat and Tokay grapes
arrived during the week from California. They are
81 30 for i've pound boxes.
Bananas are very cheap. arg. quantities having
been brought q tins market They are from % 10
90 cents dozen. The oranges now offered for sale
are from the Mediterranean; there is Florida or
/ West India fruit i'll market. They from % TO
70 cents a dozen. Lemons 20 to 30 cents a
dozen, and lines u to 10 cents. Among novelties in
West india fruit are long ks sugar c ne sold mt
II Ia 80 cents stick Joint. and fresh nutmcgs in
their natural network OF mace.
MENU.
Little Neck CLANS.
IOmatO soup.
Black bass, baked. CuCumbers.
Filet OF veal, green CnniNowcr sweet potatoes.
| Snipc, Saratoga potatoes, Jclly.
| Salad lettuce and celery.
| Cheese, waters,