The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-08-25
FOR THE TABLE.

:. Surprises do not await one at the fsh-stalls
= Just at present; an endless amount of enthu-
:. ,siasm can be brought 10 the task, but here is
: nothing inspiring in the piles Of crabs and
. shrimps, which seem 10 SHRINK with an air OF
::apology for not being some new and rare
>.:vaIiery of snelfish. They look, however, as il
=. they had done Tor humanity all which lay in
: their feeble power when they were plunged.
:: unwilling victims, into the very torrid bath
: in which their compilations underwent so radi-
=. cal change To be sure, there are boxes of
i,live, fresh water Holsters ecrevisses looking
= like very juvenile crawfiSh, which, Judging
: from their name, they very likely are
'-.*Neither Is there any startling novelty an the
, poultry places, where the dealer NAV be seen
In the early hours, with fiat stick in hand. adj
d: :minlStering upon the apex OF The promjnert
.breastbone and somewhat Scrawny sides of the
= .cilpper-b built fowl, the blows which transform
II into the short, plump chicken whose shane
+.c0mmends 1t TO u.s.
= Small rabbits sprawl deiectedly upon the
counter, apparently seeking shelter under the
: sprays OF parsley near Them conscious perbans
that we are confusing heir identity with that
: OF the specimens we saw last week
:. Beef and mutton fail to attract. cajfs liver
:: causes second thought, we pause in front of
:eausageS' but are arrested finally DIV the sight
':,oI some small boxes marked shredded cod
*H?A' Inc Iapel says this article requires no
: soaking nor cooking; balls can be made from il
IN ten minutes. But what is true of this is
equally true OF all salt cod so far as fsh balls
are concerned; The Oldest driest specimen OF
the cape Coz turkey can appear upon the table
metamorphosed into them, and most delicious
ones, TOO, Ia little more than half an hour from
-lhe lime OF lis entrance into the house New
Englanders claim that the unpreposs
article known as the duntish surpasses all
olhefS 10 point of excellence, but TO unframed
CAlhornla nostris aud palates, The small bricks
OF desiccated FISH are preferable.
For family OF i've or six persons wash a
piece OF goldfish aud keep ii in water While
= picking into Shreds not more than half an inch
long, enough TO lightly fill 4 pint bowl. then
make ready a quart Of p-eled and quartered
potatoes, which, With the hsb, are TO be put into
kettle and covered with boiling water and
cooked about twenty minutes, or TILL the pota-
:. tOes-are thoroughly done Then drain and
mash well add about nalf a teaspoOnful of
salt and half that amount of pepper, thin
slice from the roll of butter, about enough 10
-: make TWO tablespoonful, ana TWO wel-beaten
eggs then with wire egg-beaJer whisk the
mass tin it Is light and creamy.
= Have plenty of fat boiling in a deep kettle
the lion uteusil called the Scotch bowl is better
:: than any other for this purpose, and any kind
OF beet OF pork fat can be used, even the ton
of.fpgetable soup, whose favor Is not obiec-
= uunaDe here: but OF course, it must be dedI-
=. Gated absolutely 10 fshbals, aud strained
:: every time after using.
=. = ls fat being hot, the table ready, plates
: warm, aud Il lOng-handled skinner and a
co!andsr lined with brown paper near dlp an
sE6n spoon in, the boiling pot, turn it upside
down 10 drain of any Superfuous fat III
:: II from the bowl Of fish and slip its
= contents into the Kettle, frying not more
than four balls at timc. a minute will cook
=. them, and they Will be lacelike, golden brown
Ell atoms. which must be drained for an instant
nd
- fled and be sure the comments they receive
VIII not be adverse.
-. Al The fruit stalls new fruit is offered now
the logan berry, a cross between the raspberry
- eHQthe blackberry, Obtained by accident il is
said, from some bushes of the two varieties
:: grown in close proximity. This fruit resembles
Tire raspberry, but is much larger, being quite
an inch and a half in length, and is also darker
fncolor
:: J. BeXeS OF huckeberries suggest cake and the
old-fashioned meals which are occasionally so
- grateful change from the heavy roasts offer
ing IN their place, perhaps, plate of the fish
= balls already mentioned few picked cucum-
-: befse fresh white bread, cup OF Tea and the
:" huckleberTy cake.
.: The berries are but 10 cents pound, which
- quantity Is about a quart. and they must be
Carefully stemmed ana well Toured before the
cake is begun. For the cake: Cream, one tea
ep0OnIuI OF butter, add TO lt 4 cup of graDu.
=: lated sugar, mixing well; beat the yelks of two
eggs and stir them in, then add scant pint Of
: milk, the whites of the eggs well beaten. and
four cups of flour, with which TWO teaspoonfuls
. OF yeast powder have been sifted; then with
wooden spoon stir in all tie berries the cake
VIII hold. and bake 1t in loaf till 1t is thor
ooghly cooked, testing with broom straw.
=: This cake requires careful baking on account
=, OF the quantity Of fruit used and 1t is intended
:. TO be eaten holland If digestion and economy
can be thrown 10 The wnd-with butter. II
;*can be favored with either nutmeg or CHINA
=: mon If desired.