New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-02-28

A salad spoon and fork Of swis, carved wood seem
to be the best articles for tossing saad next to the
finger, ~ fair The French proverb dcDcrib-
Ing II woman rs s,lll Young and fair Saws - she still
tos.es the salad with her fingers" but matter NJ
fact however pleasant Il may be 70 see fair hands toss
Ing salad It is not 80 pleasant to do the tossing ana
for practical purpoes salad fork and spoon nfe alto
eehor preferable Those swiss carved forks and spoons
aro nov imported al low Ttce that cy are within
the reach Of every one. \ very pretty sol. good
enough for cottage use. may be bought for 80 ccniS
and a perfectly plain one ~ ove-Wood Tor 30 cents.
More deliberately carved and larger sets cost from 81 10
81 30 each 4 salad should never bs stirred with q
metal spoon. any more than II should be served In a
metal bowl even though that bowl be OF sterling silver.
bowl Of fine porcelain Of peasant pottery or Ok clear
crysa, * far more suitable for holding the good gcen
herbs OF the earth.
4 good SAND bowl Is. like many other good things.
unhapply an incident OF the market. not to be picked
up in shops every day. The taste Of the multitude Is
too often gauGy taste. Refined patterns In porcelain
OF or, stal do not find always ready purchasers. few
years ago excellent Bceck salad bowl, In shell and
shapes. which Ideal for serving FISH salads, were
easily 10 be found bnt the genuine Irish Beleeware.
which was imported did not prove mercantile success
I'm this city and WINS soon rclegatcd to the bargain
counter or The shops In interior 'i,es-whcIo FOR similar
rca sons, very pretty artistic things may frequently
be found In medley OF valnecss goods. Some years
ago there were good salad bowls 10 be found in English
mniolica but with The corning Of the cheap limitations
Of this ware the finer pieces OF II have disappeared
from the marlct. one get Dresden bowl in blue
white Zwicbel muster In the Nielsen flower pat
tcrns but these have nothing unique or remarkable
abolt them un.s, IL be the cost OF tho latter.
A salad bowl should be a dl'tncIivcN ornamental
and attractive piece II one IL not particular about the
shape oni Is willing 10 select a dish quite different
from the conventional bowl there are many pieces Of
Italian ware copied from the DID Palsy pottery: with
It's gunlnt rep Odncti0n al lizards, shells and other
natural objects. In the stores devoted TO Moorish and
Span, pottery there often he found unique dishes
Of ronrh peasant ware Of sufficient depth 10 hold n
simple breakfast salad of dandcion or wa,ercre,s.
The use Of sulphur IN bleaching dried peaches and
other frniis cannot be too strongly condemned. II Is
one Of those adulterants however. which makes It's
presence - distinctly manifest through the of
smell mat IL can no be concealed than the pres
cncc NJ stale egg The intensely disagrccablc od0r
,ch these dried peaches have while they soaking
and cooking is 30 powerful that 1t fills the kitchen,
though after repeated washngs OF the fruit ard several
hours' coonc Il seems to pass away entirely and the
fruit comes ont all right. The odor of the sulphur Is
easily dscovefabIc In the dried fruit II Is sold at
the grocery stores. PelGes are frequently bleached