The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-12-31
tfSH ~ THEIR SEASONS.
The Wonderful Variety of Edible Fish tbs
Market Affords IN the Run of n Year.

FISH ~ THEIR SEASONS.
The Wonderful Variety of Edible Fish tbs
Market Affords IN the Run of n Year.
It's nice housckccpcr who knows how to choose
her Ash at all seasons II the year. and the lay
mind has very little idea Of the problems and
mysteries Of tho fish market All fish look alike
on hotel menu, and IL IL only an cpcurc Who
knows whether q Hlet Of sole Is iluke or FOUNDER,
and whether blucnsh has been frozen since
October or swan up the river to market yestcr-
day. Still the lover Of fish not in their natural
but in their cooked state, would come nearer at
tanning. earthly bliss II he would only take the
trouble to lnd out something about the seasons
nj which the codlinss peep up from the deep and
Mag Their tales about Mhai Is the use IN , order
and when shad dclcctablc fresh Sind arc COM
ing up every day from the ST. Johns River. Fla.
green smclts from Maine and Massachusetts
are in the market? One can find almost any
variety Of nsh in market iqss now, thanks to
is a noteworthy fact that the average hShmonger
Is u truthful character. II pinned down 10 fact
he will not lie about the quality uf his goods.
Fish taken at second hand do not seem 10 have
the same dclctcrious influence that they have
upon the ycracity of the angler.
Are those fresh smells asked a stern looking
young woman in Washington Market while a
SrN reporter stood cycling the piles Of fiabby
Well num-" said the genial market man.
III You wuL TO mean is them smelts spoiled ~
them smelts spoil il they had a good chance, i'd
say I'd hate 70 trust them, mum;
Shad is probably thc beg, FISH in the IN, market ,
In good condition for several days but shaii is a
fish much abuscdby. incompetent cooks II
would cmbii,cr the lifc Of any sci.rcspecting
shnd to forcscc hts probable finish ut the hands q
culinary bunglcr. In private house shad hos
a,propGnsity which !, shares with ,ripc Of tasting
sorry education for all cooks in the art Of bOnng
shadand basting it thotoughywiih hnc oliyc oil.
Anew pOmpanoc come up from Florida with thrtshad;
but they WI b. bitter next month. when they and
the Spanish mackcrcl will troop along Haily,
hand an IT. hand ;, OF 10 D. NOR nccnrnn IN IN
society and enjoy the distinction Of ing all the
year round. about III" mos, expensive fish on tho
general market Rainbow trout ouiclass them by
long odds selling for 81 so a pound where Spanish
mackcrcl bring only 40 cents but then rainbow
trout arr, phcnomcpHly scare, and are hardly 10
good now AZ at any season for the reason that.
ntnny season itcXsts here only on The hotel menu.
II IL sad Ia think how many hukcs and founders
can public, may eat ict Of sole flukcs make
but founders are cheaper aud nc. difference IN
flavor between the two is p"rccpublc only N an
which an Enrlt,hman misses here Ri" same
iishmonEcr who refused to pcrjurr hts soul In
order to .ll smclts opened his heart To English
do you ever have Waiting tho Kind Of fish
on cooks with Their tails IN !hi'r mouths -,
familiar accent warmed the cocklcs oi his heart.
and he leaned forward connd ntnlly He picked
long n%pp'nE hsn from 'hr pil. and held !; up
Ism ii enough 10 make n d'ccrt whiting swallow
its tail entirely toknow that that's what We call
whiting over here And ~ for the whitehall
mum It's minnows, nothing more nor less
Columbia River fresh salmon and Rcstigouche
frozen salmon ate IN the mGrkc, all through the
winter, but the delicious krnncbcr and fenob-
scot salmon do not PIT ia NJ appearance unulAp
although they a'c said ~ he on sale much earlier
June IL the great month fot salmon, Canada and
Maine Varieties being then IN prime condition
and ~ plentiful that the pricr falls from ~ Ia -
cents y pound. Southern red snapper halihut
Nova Scotia herring. pickcrcl nike frozen. white
fish and live Goldfish are all good hi, month In
February come the finest smrlts 81 the s"asum
They ere caught about Long Island. aud far sur
pass the New England ,n,"llN IN sue aud flavor
With Mach the sulishell Grains aud holsters begin
Ia bc worth buying, AMI tcftHpiE makes It's fare
well BOWS I" discriminating caters nf hsh, The
neat favurics To- retire for the summer are smrlta
and red snnp2ci, which gm,, the t"oItghtso IN
aud brook trout ARE making Their debut. and the
cNrt.hckr public is glnd t. hc M "ith the old love
aud vn with the new. Then. too. oysters are
bright, ling mp as ihcr takr their ntghi and must
hc made much a. oysters arr at Their best in
April With ihc hrS, 81 May. however tn" season
In May fresh macEcrcl are the cheapest and
most popular ilIh cod and hadduck should he
summed. hlucNsh are becoming bNt'"- But the
Ash ui Fishes Ter MAY ~ CuuHraiCui River shad.
II snfpnrsrs all "thGI shad as cloth 81 gud sur.
passes homCSpuu. II - adrrCd ~ crcurcs. and.
although fairly plentiful. always brings fancy
prices In May, iuu, on" gets Wild brook trout
| from Long lSihnN, CONSIDERED IL" NNrst bfDD u
trout that iiud thri- way in New Work ma -kcts
cultivated brook trout lr' the kind ruSt Ommun! v
| sold, hut their education has ruined them Doubt.
less the food given tho cultivated brrui. trout s
what "pullS its flavor but, Whatever the scAsul,,
tis ~ different from the wild trrut a. thcWRshiuC
| ton Post march on y St-S"t organ from u Chopin
| HuCturur PLAYED by Pad"rrwski
One fish which Is GROWING IN popularity tut
| is still sealed book TO The ordinary New N,rk
buyer, Is carp Nw6s introduced int this country
only q comparatively short time gro tut has
| mul 'iplicd nud waNcd great in wonder III fashion
| and an American CSrp meeting one ~ has G,r
! men iurhrarS could wip" up the pond with the
! foreign member ~ tho 'rnily Tie nIc't variety
| ~ founl in the Potomac River. and brings h,gh
| prices ~ Washington markets
| During the sumner months the uumhrr VI
| varieties O lake, river and SCI fSh 81 sale L. Ep.
pHlliag II seeker c'tcr statistics: hut the dealers
| say that III New York more hlu.Gsh are sold
| Than any other FISH. with September or October,
| the local Nah ,crin 10 drop away tho southern
and the frozen fish come back and the programme
bcgins again, but the man win has eaten tcrrapin
! IN October Massachusetts, shRl IN November,
! Florida she'd in December. rainbow trout in len
/ uary md Island Smclts IN FEBRUARY. SpNnisl,
! maCkcrcl In March hluciish IN Arril Connecticut
/ shaI in Mny hrbOl trout IN June keStiguuchc
| salmon in July blucAshdurng AUGUST. and Span.
! ish mnckcrcl in September. may feel that he has
! unlc ilhr whole duty ulmHn. travCrycG thchcyhts
% gastrunnm'c jpy. and Is eligible ~ member shin
| In The i"hthycnphagus club which isn't by long
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