New-York tribune., 1882-04-09
HOME INTERESTS.
PRICES DEMANDED IN THE MARKETS

FISH SCARCE-BEEf CONblDERABLf lilGhEh-h
GREAT VARIETY OF FRUIT OFFERED AT THE
STALLS.
The fish market during the past week has been in
n peculiar state All varieties OF fresh-water hsh
including pike pckerel and bright little sunish.
have been plentiful while saltwater fish have been
scarce including cod and haddock, which were in
| special demand on Good Friday. Striped bass are
plentiful A single fresh-caught salmon arrived IN
market from Nova Scotia and sold at 50 pound.
The first fresh mackerel of the were offered
for sale in the course of the week, vessel loaded
with small fish having arrived ID port Pompano
and Spanish mackercl arriving from Pensacola
in excellent ORDER There is continued increase IN
the sale of pompanO in this city. L0bsters are very
scarce and there is not enough to supply the de
mand; good oysters are also scarce. Conllsil
is 10 Ia II cents q pound, haddock B
cents, halibut 20 cents, striped bass - to
20 cents, dressed eels Is cents, frozen salmon
60 cents fresh California salmon 40 cents founders
10 cents and tOm-cods cents. Fresh mackerel are
20 cents Spanish mackercl 60 cents sheepshead 20
cents, white perch 1S cents smclts 10 cents, her
ring 3 cents, and red snapper - cents. southern
shad are cents pound for fish and ID cents
for male fish, North River shad % cents for roe is
and 90 cents for male fish. Long Island cultivated
trout are 81 pound State cultivated 10 cents Wlld
trout 80 cents and Canada fish 10 cents fresh, and
80 cents frozen Southern black bass are - cents,
fresh caught salmontrout 20 cents frozen IL CENTS
and frozen Whitclish lS cents. Small green pcke-
rel are 3 cents Green turtle is 20 cents pound,
shrimp ~ 30 gallon, scOops ~, Holsters ID cents
a pound hard crabs 81 30 a hundred, oysters 81
Beef is considerably higher at retail. Dealers
have no tale to tell except that all meat Is scarce
and high Prime rib rOasts are y cents poulu'
srlOin roast 2S cents and chuck roast 10 cents
Porerhouse steak is IS cents srlon steak 22 cents
round OF beef rs cents and stew beef 10 TO cents
Corncd Iump is rs cents and plate ana Drisket lo
cents a pound suet is 10 cents and liver the same
price Beefs palates are II cents. There Is no
special change III other meats: NJ
Poultry is high. Brolng chickens are Y2 pair
roasting chickens, dry picked, 20 to 70 cents a
pound, and fowls 20 cents Fowl la Ndrengo Is
one of those good things which owe their existence
to accident Tath her than art. The story goes tuaU
Napoleon's cook on the eve of the famous battle
served the fowls fried in OIL butter beng scarce
The Emperor was so much pleased that he ordered
them from hat time cooked in the same manner
Here is the ecipe: Cut fowl into ten pieces ana
fTy them brown IN sweet olive OIL then take them
out and pour over them half-plnt OF stock SIM
meT hall an hour and skim OH all the grease thll
rises add twenty mushroom buttons, salt,
pepper aud a Glove OF garlc II
you wish; take the fowl out, aTranse IT IN M.
pyramid and place it in the oven while you reduce
the sauce Boil this down until 1T Is thick enough
TO adhere to the spoon; pour 1t over the fowI ana
servo. Capons are 80 cents pounu, turkeys ~ 10
20 cents, ducks 20 cents and geese 20 cents fresn-
killed English snpe are - 10 % % dozen, lresl,
killed golden plover 80. wild pigeons - %, ana
squads 50 30 to 81 Canvasback ducks are T3 80
pair red-heads 81 30, mallards 50 cents to 81 and
small birds 10 cents TO ~, 800 ;,
profusion of Southern vegetables fills the stalls,
and baskets Ot fragrant crimson SlfdND DclIlcS
seen all sides. Charleston Strawberries are 10 TO
80 cents basket, Norfolk asparagus 90 cents to
81 bunch, English caulnOWcr 90 cents 10 III a
head Southern caulIlOweT small and Stalky 10 TO
20 cents. Cucumbers are D to 20 cents each, egg
plants % cents and French artichOkes 80 cents.
String beans 30 cents half peck, green peas 10
cents, green dandeliOn 10 cents quart, Dlcdched
dandeOn 20 cents corn salad 10 cents, s0rre 10
cents lettuce cents or to 10 cents head, cress
10 cents quart and endlye 10 TO 10 cents "a head.
Tomatoes are 10 cents quart rhubarb 10 cents a
bunch and Southern mint cents Mushrooms are
30 cents Il pound. sweet potatoes are 90 cents Il
half peck.
New creamery butter is 10 to Is cents a pound,
new State dairy II to 43 cents, and Western dairy
3S to 40 cents. Old butter Is 20 to 30 cents
pound Roll butter Is scarce and brings 30 cents.
Fresh eggs are from 20 to 20 cents a dozen.
Bananas Hood the market and almost crowd the
oranges out of sight. Red bananas are 80 to rs
cents dozen, the latter being extra large fine fruit.
are very rusty and have hung on the trees .ong
that they have grown tastelcSs. Valencia oranges
have been poor this season. The best fruit III the
market is the oval oranges from Messina. They
are 30 to 90 cents dozen. Florida ora geS are 10
to 10 cents Naencias 10 To 90 cents blood oranges
30 TO 40 cents, little Mandarins from the MediteT-
ranean 30 to 90 cents, and Seville oranges twenty
for 20 cents. An excellent sauce for wild ducks
other game is Favored with this orange: Take half
a pint OF white stock made from chicken or veal aud
add small onion, three or four small strips OF
orange peel and the Juice of a Seville orange, salt
and pepper to the taste, and glass Of port wine.
ShaddOcks are 10 to 20 cents each, dried tam
arInds 10 cents pound, preserved tamarlndS 80 to
10 cents can, preserved cocoa plumS and guaVaS
20 cents Il can. Custard apples are 20 to % cents
cach red mammees 20 to 20 cents star apples 3
cents and sapidiaS 30 to 30 cents Il dozen. New
maple sugar, the first of the season, from Vermont
Is 20 cents pound maple syrup 80 cents Tor two
pound bottles.