Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1882-05-03
MARK ETaNG,
Vegetables nnd Groceries.

1frm Our Continent
Vegetables are each year becoming more
end more important part Of the bill Of fare, and
even st remote distances from great markets
canning has made 1t possible for every house
keeper to supply her table with variety.
Where vegetables must be bought, whether In
large towns OF cities. the winter supply should
II possibly be laid in early in tine season. Uuless
however the cellar Is cool and dry there will be
NO saving i'm this "a in damp or warm one all
will either spTout or quickly BERN to dpcay aud
thus render it better economy to buY in small
quantities needed Carrots turuins mars
nips b,.ets and eabbages keep better IL covered
witt sand Potatoes should be in dark
place a possible. as light makes them not only
liable TO sprout unse3soaabiy but Also gives a
bitter taste. Onions aid sauasLes should be
kept in p very dry room.
Yery early vegetables from the south are re-
EaTdec Is great luxuries, and the price certainly
places them under that head. But while Ber-
muda potatoes are good our own old ones are
more Heaiy. AID with last perfectly welltil
July when the new ones are in season. South
ern green peas command high prices but lack
the ftay0r and sweetness OF northern ones which
II out at season may much more simultaneously
be repiaced by the French canned peas or pefis
pots, one can OF which is enough for six persons,
and costs but forty cents. In tho same way
canned tomatoes will serve every purpose Of the
nesh ones, save as salad, and while there are
many who will buy forced vegetables people Of
moderate income who cannot afford such ex-
pendt.;re need never feel that they lose very Sc
rousiy- By sending direct to the factory one
can be secured OF freshly put up fruit and veoe-
tables at \ decided reduction, and especially
II two OF three families club tol ether and
quantity Is bought. Fruit can be canned ut
home with better results than have vet been OBJ
tanned in factory work. but tomatoes corn and
various other vegetables are sure to satisfy and
also to cost less than if put upat home.
AL canned articles must be kept In cool, dry
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This implies q stCreroom of some sort and such
place IS an essential no matter how simple the
housekeeping, as buying in driblets Is not only
In Itself constant annoyance, but makes the
cost of supplies fully third more yearly. Oh
lection to this Is often made By husbands on the
groutd that with quantity in the house there
Is reckless use and waste. This might be so
were servants allowed free access. but the care
fnl housekeeper will never permit this Sup
plies should be given out each week, and a far
better knowledge of what is actually required
By family will be had in this way than where
the hait-haZard system of sending out for thing
only when it is needed for use is adopted Trou-
besome rs 1t may seem to settle definitely the
average consumption Of each week. it is an art
soon mastered and iHsures finally wiser econ
omy and better knowledge Of what fixed
sum can do than any other method.
Flour improves with aye and costs far less IL
bought by the barrel than In small quantities.
The drier the place in which 1t is kept the bet
ter, DRY, cool place being the standard rule for
oil stores. IT there Is room 1t is best to have
two barrels one of old process or st Louis
Hour. the other the new process or Haxall. The
latter packs much more closely than the old,
and pound will not measure as much while it
swelis more. Ii therefore makes much harder
cake or pastry than the DID, which Is to be pre-
ferred for everything but bread. and in all cases
IN eighth less 10 to be taken than of the old.
Thus in a rule for bread calling for four quarts,
but three and . half would be required
Graham flour should be good wheat, ground
and ursiited, but is more often inferior flour
mixed with bran. Various forms of 'whOle
wheat NEAL are now in the market, but to be
had only at the best grocers' or directly from
the mia. Like -four. Graham, II kept cool and
dry. improves with age Rye, on the contrary,
can only he bought in small quantities as In hot
weather it speedily becomes musty. Indian
meal, if made by the old process, will give the
same trouble By the new, the corn is dried for
two years before using. and Is ground In such a
manner that granulated meal ia produced
which keeps as perfectly as flour. Yellow meal
3 richer and thus more nutritious than white.
Dat meal, cracked wheat and hominy all keep
perfectly. tin being the best for this purpose az
Weevl are more likely to get into wooden boxes.
Small eracker-tins are excellent for this pur-
pose.
Granuiated sugar win be found cheapest and
best for general use. Being perfectly dry there
II more 70 the pound than in am brown sugar,
and 1t is also sweeter. 1t Is one Of the few things
In which it makes but little difference whether
one buys in small or large quantity. but barrel
ct time is convenience. Where strip is used
II II much better to make IL at home from SUGAR
as the = refined" sirups Of various names are too
often made up of authorizations, For ginger
bread and general cooking Porto Rico moasses
Is decidedly the best, but had better be strained
before using, as all molasses contains many i'm
purities-
Whole spice OF every variety Is as necessary as
the ground, and better for favoring all soups
and sauces. small bottle Of curry powder will
last years. and 50 with essence of anchovies Hal
ford sauce or mushroom ketchup, all useful in
favoring grayies. The store-room should also
have always on hand rice. tapoca, barley. dried
beans and peas. macaroni and vermicelli vim
egar, mustard and pepper, tea. coffee and chocO-
late. In buying coffee it may better be roasted.
- this is much more perfectly done I'm q rotary
rooster than at home, but IL should be kept
tightly covered and ground only as needed. Tea
also requires to be kept from the air, and for
both. IL bought in small quantities. q self-seaiing
glass can is the best possible thing In which to
store them.
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