The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-09-20

cake. the funeral cake. the mid-Lent
cake. the Christmas cake, the Twelfth
Night cake, the pancake. the hot cross
bun and others. Each had its special
significance and all were descendants
either Of the unleavened Passover and
the Lords supper where the cake or
bread was established by divine symbol
or of that ancient relic OF heather GUS
tom-Cake offerings to the gods.
Time was when the streets OF London
echoed with the cries Of hot cross buns
in various rhymes. These are yet the
most celebrated of buns. perhaps. and
In England and elsewhere are provided
for Good Friday. Good Friday bun
is still kept for luck in many homes of
English peasantry. and a hard biscuit
or open cross work baked on that day
Is preserved until replaced by a fresh
one the following year. For two CEN
turtles Chelsea has been famous for its
buns. The Bath bun and the Banbury
cake are also celebrated
The muffin man was also a familiar
character on the streets Of London and
other English cities in former times.
Mullins are of English origin and are
sim made better in England than any
whore else. Lightly toasted and but
tered they are baked in rings Of iron or
tin, called muffin rings" Formerly
they were served in "mutfineers" TO
keep them hot. OF late years the wori
'muiiineer" has come to mean a metal
conta.ncr with perforated cover. used
to sprinkle sugar on the mullins. Crum-
pets, originally called rolls. are a sort
OF cake eaten with the tea. They are
lighter and less spongy than mullins and
are nearly always toasted Tarts
eaten in England from very early times
still adorn the windows OF the penny
bakeshop.
Smithficld hams and bacon derive
their name from the Smithteld Market
London. the greatest meat market in
the world, 1t is the meat centre OF
the nation and the prices fixed here
dominate the trade all over the king
dom. American companies supply "a
per cent. Of the beef that goes to
Smthiield Market. Most OF them are in
the name OF Armour & Company. which
recently took over the Smithield shops
of the Hammond Beef Company.
There are twenty separate slaughter
houses attached to Islington Cattle
Market in London. each leased to an
individual firm OF saughterers. These
are systematically inspected by an in
spector OF the local government board,
but in practice much has 10 be left 10
the slaushterers or their employees
! Responsibility Is shifted from the in
spcctors to those who have every rea-
son to shirk 1t. Private Strengthening
also is carried on in England without
inspection of any sort and in many in
stances without the proper knowledge
a tha nf tho 70 hot bar
the meat IL diseased
CoVcnt Garden Is the vegetable and
fruit market Of London and the most
remarkable place in the world OF its
kind
The Bllingsgate Market is the me.
tropols of the FISH trade. Here one
may see more fsh and more different
kinds of them than he ever has seen
or will see In all his life. In former
times the waste from this market was
enormous and great quantities or fish
were burned 10 keep the market from
being glutted. Now most OF this loss
is averted by reducing all the waste
and unstable tish to coarse -four
through process OF steaming. drying
and grinding, the product being sold
az FISH meal and used for stock and
poultry feed
Cornwall, the great fishing town OF
| England, is the centre OF the Pilchard
fisheries. The pilchard IL a very i'm
portant food fish. About tho middle OF
July II appears on the Cornish coast
| in immense numbers, and IL captured In
large quantities. The fish bears a close
resemblance to the herring. but is
rounder and thicker and the under Jaw
| is shorter,
But the finest OF all English Ash is
| the sole, White and firm of flesh, mild
| and delicate in favor. II never falls 20
please excepting when II IL sacrificed
| to the stupidity of a native English
chef, The sole Is good all the year
round except in February and March