Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-12-11
THE BRIDES
OWN STORY
First-Hand Experience win Flsh.

tirat-hano Experience WIN Ilshs
Look a fish square in the eye,
ma'am," advised the fish man; IF
he has a bright eye. he's fresh. and
# you feel him and he's firm, you've
got another proof that he's fresh.
Now. this here FISH. picking up the
halibut I'd selected, is SO fresh j
wouldn't risk taking him near the
water for fear he'd swim of on me-
tried to look very experienced. as
I certainly didn't want the fish man
to know I was just q novice at buy
ing How ever do the marketmen
guess your ignorance Of buying even
before you've chosen your supplies?
I take a market basket, and ! look
very serious and critically at every
thing, and yet they seem to know by
some sixth sense that IT'S the first
time I'm shopping for that partieu-
lar thing: and they all seem eager to
become educators at once and help
me beautifully along the ROYAL road
10 good housekeeping. However.
they're not all entirely altruistic. an
If aunt didn't post me Thoroughly be
forehad an what 7 should Buy md
how, I suspect Fd be misled oncf IN
a while
aunt coHnseled me in advance =
gel a good-siZed fish. The large fish,
she explained. are really more eco
nomieal in the end than a few small
Cnes, because Of the less waste OF
bone Indeed. she declared, haddoek
at 10 cents a pound would be dear
compared with halibut which might
cost a great deal more. because Of
the greater amount of flesh in the
| halibut.
As long as the fishman took me
for a novice, and I stood no chance
of gaining dignity as an experienced
| housekeeper III his eyes, ] decided TO
| take advantage Of the situation. So
] told him / dn't know how to clean
the fish Whereupon ne very nicely
scaled it for me, rubbing the scales
! off from the tail 10 the head with
sharp knife. Then ne showed me
how to skin it, cutting through the
| skin at the back and abdomen, loos-
ening at the tail. and then pulling II
| off Then the head is removed. ab-
| domen opened and ene ais taken
! out
"such a smelly smell of fish on
| your hands after such a job, / re
| marked to Aunt Julette when told
| her how I maneuvered 10 dodge the
| task. How do you ever manage to
| keep your hands protected when you
| handle fish,
"Yes, it is likely TO be disagreeable
| unless you Immediately wash your
| hands. also the fish. knife and other
utensils used. in cold water and salt.
| Of course, the utensils and other
dishes used in the serving Of fish and
which can't conveniently be washed
Immediately as used, must be washed
| in several waters in order 70 dispel
the strong fish odor.'
Fishy pots or pans are really about
the most distasteful part of kitchen
work, believe, but aunt avoids a
great deal of this unpleasantness by
the simple method of not using them.
For cooking fish she generally uses
| the paper bag method. Then the bag
is simply burned after the cooking.
| And. by the way, aunt S method OF
cooking fish in a paper bag inside
the steam cooker produces the most
| delicious dish ever. Also. she declares,
it's the best way to get all the nutri-
i've values from the fish. Boiling is
waste pure and unjustifiable waste
All the nutritive juices OF the fish
pass off into the water, and what
benefit is that?" she demanded.
so we steam paper -bag-cooked''
our fish, and, served with a most
tempting Hollandaise sauce, which
made all by my own self with the aic
of a trusty cookbook. Uncle Dicl
vowed IL was the best he ever had
and says he's seriously considering
inducing Bob to let me off so that he
can keep a good cook IN the family