The Minneapolis journal., 1902-06-13
MACkEREL AND POMPANO
Choice Sea Fish the Chief 'Tidbits
of the Saturday Market.

The woman Inarketer will find some choice
new varieties of sea fish tomorrow, the
toothsomet mackerel and pompano. Spanish
mackerel- will, be 25 cents a pound and pom
pano 40 cents and so cents apiece. Broilers
of 1902, rs cents pound; they are tiny but
delicious red raspherries, selling at Is cents
chickens will be % cents apiece Frogs legs
are again to be had at 121a cents Dozen and
shrimps, 30 cents quart.
The selection of fruit is wide and nearly all
varieties are in fine condition Strawberries
are 10 and IL cents ard there is an abundance
of homegrown fruit. Pineapples range from
10 cents to 10 cents. This week has brought
delicious red rspberries, selling at Ia cents
pint; gooseberries and sour pie cherries,
at 10 cents quart, and blutberries at 20
cents. Luscious and shining California sweet
cherries are 50 cents a pound There are a
few baskets Of small peaches, holding about
half pack, at so cents a basket. Lemons
are scarce and sell for 20 cents dozen for
the best
The abundance and attractiveness of the
fruit and vegetables makes most people tend
strongly towards a vegetarian diet during the
first warm days. Perhaps the most attractive
offering among vegetables is the small new
caulifower at from cents, to 10 cents.
Beans are very scarce and are 10 and 1914
cents pound Peas are at their best and
cost cents quart; greens are very cheap.
spinach being cents peck, and beets I
dime and beets cents a bunch green pep
pers, cents apiece, and tomatoes 20 cents
basket. Homegrown tomatoes, however,
bring II cents pound. Asparagus is I cents:
new potatoes. 33 cents a peck; new cabbage,
cents pound; new California onions. 80
cents a peck.
Cooked meats are in strong demand and
can be had in great variety, boiled tongue
being so cents pound; boiled ham. SO cents:
baked veal or beef loaf, 25 cents; corn beef,
121s cents; roast beef, rs cents; roast veal,
80 cents. In fish besides mackerel and pom
pano there is halibut for 12 cents; salmon,
Is cents; roe shad, u cents; whitefsh, 10
cents; crappieA 10 cents; sunfish, cents.
Lamb is the favorite meat and milk lamb
sells for IA and 18 cents; fall lamb, Is cents;
chickens are u cents a pound.
The Problem of Variety.
suburban woman whose daily struggle
with the problem of variety in the principal
dinner meat dish was the most troublesome
part of her housekeeping, sat down one day
and made list for her own benefit of the
different possibilities in this line which she
could get from her own knowledge and from
q study of two cookbooks. This she
had typewriter and it proved of inestimable
service. Speaking of it one day to her mar
ketman. who served fish as we'll as meat
and poultry, he asked the privilege to have
copies printed, which he sent out to his
customers. to their mutual advantage This
homemade list may be Of value to other
housekeepers. 1t reads: Steak, chops, pot
roast, roast beef. corned beef; Canada mutton
roast, boiled mutton, boiled lamb; Hamburg
steak, kidney, liver-boiled and fried; tripe-
fried; veal-boled roasted and fried pork
fried. salt: pork, fresh-baked and fried
bacon-boiled and fried; han1-boiled, broiled
and fried; sausage, pork, bologna; poultry
ducks, goose, fried chicken fsh-fresh cod
fried. boiled, broied samon-fresh-fried; !;
founders-fred; halibut-fried: bluefsh-
fried, baked and broiled lwhtefish-baked
and fried: red snapper-boied; kingfsh-
fresh mackerel; sea bass, perch: salmon
canned; drief beef, picked-up Goldfish; boiled
Goldfish and potato: corned beef hash, Goldfish
balls, stewed beef chicken or lamb with
curry.