The Washington times., 1921-03-09
FISH RULING
MENUS TODAY
Sea Food Prescribed for All by
U. S. as StimuIant to
Industry.
This is National Fish Day.

This is National Fish Day
According to the United States
Fish Commission, the appropriate
way for Americans to show their pa
triotism on this particular day is to
eat fish and eat plenty of 1t.
PUBLIC RESPONDING.
To stimulate interest in the con-
sumption OF fish and thereby build up
the FISH industry OF the country, the
Fish Commission has conducted a na-
tion-wide propaganda and officials OF
the commission said today that re-
ports from all sections of the United
States showed the public was re-
spending.
Local Ash dealers in Center Market
and the other large markets laid in
extra supplies of fish and at noon re-
ported a heavy run on the finny tribe.
H. F. Moore, acting fish commits
sioner, personally wrote to all the
hotel chefs and restaurant cooks in
Washington asking them to feature
FISH on their menus today. Practically
every one of them compiled with the
request, with the result that patrons
of the city's cafes found a large and
varied assortment OF fish dishes on
the bills OF fare.
MAKES NEW RECIPES.
Maxine Huguet. the internationally
known chef at the Washington Hotel,
was so eager to cooperate with the
Fish Commission that he made up two
brand new recipes. which Washing
ton housewives undoubtedly will be
glad to get hold of. Monsieur Huguet
was good enough to present the two
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publication Here they are:
ENGLISH SOLE Diplomatic.
For four persons, take an English
sole about two and one-half pounds.
Take skin and bone on. Prepare
shallots. Lean pork. Mushrooms,
CLANS and parsley. Put the salt pork
in saucepan to melt, add the shallots,
then the mushrooms, clans and Pars-
ley. When cooked, add extract Of
fish. little bread crumbf to absorb
the sauce and to make II more con-
sistent stuffed the solo with those
ingredients. .....
Put some butter in a casserole. put
your sole In 1t, half covered with ex-
tract of fish, IL you can use white
wine instead, it Is much better. Let
poach slowly about twelve minutes
then take of the fish, let your sauce
thicken a little add the juice of a
lemon in your APPAREL with bread
crumbs and put on the salamander.
Glazed.
GOLDFISH CAKES GEORGETTE.
Have apparel made of mashed po-
tatoes with a yolk of egg. take about
the same amount OF salt boiled cod
fish. Mix up well, season lightly with
nutmeg. Make your cakes, dip them
in flour and cook them in clarified
butter. Leaght fish sauce with
shrimps
One poached egg on top Of fish
cake, and serve hot.
Washington Is already one Of tho
largest fish consuming cities in this
country, according to local health Of
flee employees.
During the week ending February
26, the following quantities Of fish
were brought to Washington and con-
sumed by it's inhabitants: Two hum
dred and eleven barrels, 2,341
punches. 11,e4s single fish, and sew
enty-three boxes. The fish were di-
bass; 37S punches of catfish; 8 barrels
of croakers; 21 punches Of cells; 40
barrels OF mackerel; $3.50 mackerel;
80 punches OF mullet; 1904 punches
Of perch; 105 punches OF pike; 95
punches of b. rockfish; $3.50 shad: 10
barrels OF trout; 10 boxes of hall
but; 30 boxes of haddock; IT boxes
of codfish; 10 boxes Of porgies: IA
boxes of tilefish; 2 boxes OF shrimp;
S,156 ushels of oysters; 10000 gallons
OF shucked oysters; 104 barrels OF
CLAIMS; 1873 gallons of crab meat, and z
gallons of scallops.