Daily Yellowstone journal., 1885-06-21
TALK WITH A GROCER
WHAT AMERICANS EAT AND DRINK
SOURCES or SUPPLY.
Drawing upon the World for Its Finest
Producc-f oreIgn Fruits superior
to yirc Native Some Items
Concernin. Coffee.
Chicago News Interview /


Chicago News Interview
The sale of foreign preserved fruits is
necessarily very limited, said retail
dealer, who claims 10 keep on hand the
finest groceries the world affords They
are very eNI enstye. for besides being sub.
iect TO duty they are put up in the best
manner kaown, and are all the best Sc.
lected fruit American fruits crowd them
pretty close. however aud the method of
preserving for the market shows improve,
ment yearly The fruits from the south
of France, and particularly from The
south of ermany. are of finer Tia or than
the American product. Whether this is
due partially to climate or entirely TO a
superior sys em Of cultivation | CA not
say. am inclined 10 the Opini II that
American soil, guilty ated as highly as
the European, would proou e luSt Ms
good an article. The German small
fruits are peculiarly rich in Lavor aud
fine in grain.
The best prunes are imported from
France They come packed In boxes and
in glass iarS The latter are peculiarly
large and fine and used for desert UNI
cooked the same as raisins. The Turkish
prune is much inferior but far more
prolific crop The lest table raisins are
the bunch cheese Tue bra IDS used
mostly for cooking purposes are allen.
cias. Sultanas, ondaras. and loose nuSclt'
els The best currants are the \ ostiLla
The cheaper grades come from AanIee
Dry preserved lemon, Citron, and orange
peel is prepared mostly in this country,
very little being imported The very
finest citron Is grown In Spain. aR Il has
the same quality of superiority over
American citrons that the Spanish melOnS
pussess. being thicker and of finer gram
Nearly all fruit glaces are imported from
France. Prunellas are brought from
Italy to some extent, but most of those
used here are grown and dried in Cali
fOrnia
There is considerable demand for
foreign cheese OF course the switzer.
kase leads. 1t is astonishing how many
people eat Swtzerkase. The other Swiss
cheese sold here is Neufchatel II is all
supposed To DC maze among the pic
turesque mountains of switzerland Of
genuine goat milk, but lots Of the article
is manufactured in this country from
cows milk, and some right here in Chi.
cago. A popular dessert cheese is the
edani, which is made in Amsterdam The
French goods are the frontage de Brie
frontage de MensutA and frontage de
iSigna all very nearly alike. and
each taking its name from the
locality where II is manufactured An
other French cheese is the societe Rogue
fort Grated Psrmesan Is bard. dry
cheese brought from Italy and usel in
macaroni. There is a pretty steady cal
for tnglish cheese, which is better than
the American arti lie, and will be till We
have as good mich stock and as rich pas
turaae as they possess In Great Britain.
The leading Kinds are old Gloster. CLed.
dar, and SIilton. The two latter are
small cheese, Hat AT each end
Where are most of the olives grown
In Spain and Italy, although some are
grown la the south OF France They are
prepared for shipping. however, mostly in
France Large houses send buyers
yearly Throughout spain and Italy TO con-
tract for the crop The most OF the olive
oil is made in Italy. mills for the purpose
being common. knew young Italian
In [ hicago who last year purchased an
olive mi in his native land with his saw
ings for the SIX years he had been in this
country. The millers do not buy the
olives " the growers. but grind or press
them on shares after the plan Of the old.
time -four makers
Are any mushrooms put up In this
cOuntryf"
"uh, they are all brought from France.
English meadows produce good mush-
rooms. and this fungi is highly pri ell
there Tru es are seldom called for.
They are used only TO give piquancy 10
fowl or game siuting. nails are asked
for but by few epicures with foreign.
acquired tastes. Sardines are shipped
from ram wuen not from the coast Uf
Maine. although no genuine sardines are
caught along the America coasts. aud
the Maine fish dubbed with the name are
rank and coarse Teas are more large y
Chinese than japanese.
Where are capers grown?"
In rauce but they might Just as well
lie grown and bottled In this country, for
they are nothing more nor less than the
nasturtium seed There are few country
housewives who do not pick green nastur.
tium seeds and throw them into weak
brine to keep till the autumn season Of
mixed. pickle and mango making. They
are picked az different stages OF growth.
the smaller and most tender being the
highest priced and bringing the most
money. Nonpareils are the first picking,
superiines the second, aud capo rs the
third
what do you consider the most im.
portant commodity III the American
grocery trader
Coffee, by all odds. People could bet.
ter do without sugar than without coffee
\ GU may think that strong statement
but Il is indisputable. The Americans
are nation OF coffee drinkers America
consumes over one-third OF the entire
product Of the world. No breakfast
table. whether in the abode Of the rich OF
of the p, or is considered compete with
out IL To many persons Il is more nee.
essary In the morning than food
but where is IL cultivated nowf" IN
terrupted the reporter
over almost all the tropical belt There
are between twenty-five and thirty diiler
ent kinds Of coffee. Brazil is merely in
it's infancy now. and II produces one half
Of the entire coffee crop The strong
coffees. bio and santos. are mostly grown
there The west and south are the prin.
cipal consumers Of 10. The water here
and south is so largely iilled with lime
that II DESTROYS the iine, delicate proper.
ties Of the mild coffees so pri ell In New
England. You know coffee is divided
commercially into two classes, mild aud
strong 4 very small amount Of Mocha
is brought into This country. that sold UNI
der the name not being MOchn al all
The most prominent of Nil mild coilees
is lava II i raised ON the islands Of