Omaha daily bee., 1906-11-03
GOOD THINGS TO EAT PLENTY
Earkst Well Supplied with Reasonable
DaintisS and subStantialh
EVERYTHING NEEDED FOR SUNDAY DINNER
what n visit 60 the Local stores
DisOloses 60 Make Up the
Family Menu in
Highest style.

AAANNA HNAANs
The question OF supplying the inner man
- one Of continual interest 70 housewives.
chefs and ell those having to do with pre-
pairing for the table the various forms Of
vegetable and animal life used for food.
The average housewife who wisely appre-
ciateE the philosophy Of feeding the
brute" knows her husband cannot live by
bread or hapjacks alone. so she scans the
marts and even at that occasionally re-
marks, what shall we haye to eat7" For
her answer she either calls up her pur-
veyor by telephone or goes to market her
self and finds that today Omaha was never
better provided with the good things that
20 TO sustain life and please the palate.
The Omaha market at this season OF the
year takes on q now lease OF life with the
Eutumnal tinge, as with the advent OF
cooler weather and approach of Thanks
giving the appetite Of tho community takes
on added zest and supply meets demand.
The markets are just now presenting a
tempting appearance. much OF the product
being OF a more substantial nature than
that offered In the summer days. The local
market facilities have kept apace during
the year with other lines Of advancement.
Fruits, vegetables, nuts, fish, poultry and
other forms Of food are coming in album
dainty from both domestic and foreign
points.
start in Anywhere.
where shall 1 begin?' remarked a
woman who wanted to look over the mar
ket yesterday afternoon.
Just begin anywhere" she was told.
So she started I'm with the cranberries.
She learned that the quality OF cranberries
ls fine. but that there will be a material
advance in prices before Thanksgiving shall
have arrived. the reason being that the de-
mand for the little red turkey accompani-
ment is strong this year.
The poultry supply In general is plentiful
and the quality good. Peculiar circum-
stances have affected the price Of poultry.
which will be lower this season than last
year. Turkeys will not be as plentiful as
last year In Nebraska II is believed some
Of the tribe will have 70 be brought from
Texas and Oklahoma to Nebraska this
year.
There are some fine spring chickens and
domestic ducks on the market just now.
Geese are nearly as scarce as hen teeth.
The uncertainty in the east as 70 what con.
ditions may prevail in cold storage legisla-
ton has had the effect OF causing some
thing Of a slump in the poultry market,
particularly that Of chickens.
Oysters and Celery.
Then comes oysters and celery. David
Cole now has two cars of Nebraska celery
on the track and at least a dozen cans Of
oysters at his office. Mr.. Cole says oysters
are coming along fine. so that he who
runs can eat oysters II he chooses. There
are plenty of standards" in. The stan
dards are the spring chickens of the
oyster family. They come from the waters
of the Chesapeake and are separated from
their kind parents at the tender age OF
years, for standards travel on their ten
derness. Omahans who like selects" can
have plenty OF them. Selects are oysters
which reach their majority. which in oys-
ter life is 8 years. They are nice raw or
fried. New York counts are in by the
bushels. The New York counts are the
Beau Brummel of oysters. They are, after
all, but selects transplanted to waters OF
Long Island sound OF other similar water
and not marketed until large enough &c
sell by the thousand in the shell. No one
ever heard Of a New York count being
sold by the gallon. That is why the pricI
Of counts is higher and the demand
so great. Omaha people consume New
York counts in large numbers. The oyster
dredging season was opened October Is IL
Maryland and Virginia.
Speaking again OF celery. it IL noted tina
this plant is taking rank in Omaha will
cabbage and pressing the potato hard fo
It's laurels. One dealer who has two car
on hand has ordered six cars for bill
Thanksgiving trade.
Apples and other Fruits.
All sorts Of tempting fruit are on thu
market, with others on the way. SCch pop
ular New York applies as spitzenbergs
Wagners. Kings. Baldwins and Greening
are offered at slightly advanced prices. bu
the quality this season is such as TO caus
a great demand. The same varieties from
Michigan are offered. but they are no