The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1895-01-05
INSIDE THE MARKET.

packed and exposed for sale Most of the
purchases are carried away wrapped in a
coarse brown paper similar to our straw
paper. Many are taken of in neat little
baskets Of open rcedwork about a foot in
diameter and four inches deep. These are
given away BY the dealers TO those who
buy largely. To small purchasers they
are sold for one-tenth of a cent, just about
their cost
4 European or American is struck first
by the apparent smallness of the purchases
made in Chinese markets John China
man uses animal foods and line vegetables
as relishes and not as a food by themselves
Where the American housekeeper would
buy a pound Of pork, ham or bacon, the
Celestial takes two or four ounces. A sin
gle tomato does duty for quart, and gill
Of oysters and CLAIMS each no larger than
a bean Is an abundant supply for family
of five or six. For this reason in Chinese
markets things are cut up and divided
into ridiculousIy small pieces A half
pound chicken Will be split in two, the
breast. head, neck, limbs, carcass and
inteEtines separated, and each fragment
marked with price card II the whole
bird was worth cents originally, the
parts viii be 20 marked as TO aggregate 8
cents Pigeons and squads are similarly
CHARTERED. Even quail. snipe and SPARROW
the same prOCfses OF ulSebLlCn.
Popular Food
The most popular food IS pork You
can buy Ar. Piggy I'm every imaginable
condition. II you are going 20 give Il
great banquet, you can secure a 100 pound
or alive. He lies on his back or side, with
his four legs tied securely together
when sold, a stout bamboo pole IL thrust
bstveen the legs Of the right and left side
and is raised with ia gqueallnR freight 70
abe shoulders Of two coolies, who walk on
With - u the customers residences. Small
plgs arc inserted into u long cylindrical
basket, just narrow enough % force the
four legs % the occupant Gloss against ita
b4sly, 4 thick piece 81 rattan serves a. n
handle and enables buyer 20 handle tho
khsket ard pig the sfsuis Hs n stout vnlisc.
YOu can buy pigs 81 any sizs roasted
whole ar Rat thsgu alive aud have them
roasted Or oysisr, The cooking ts done with
a sIOu IRE containing considerable smoke
sUd Issts from ~ - hours. according a.
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