Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 October 1888 — Morsels of Gastronomy. [ARTICLE]

Morsels of Gastronomy.

New York Mall and Express. - Game and fish dinners, now in order, are most popular among those who are in affluent circumstances. It is already possible to have chicken salad made with celery instead of lettuce the latter not being now very good. Minced chicken, served in the half of the white of a hard-boiled egg is one of the gastronomic caprices at Newport. Eden pudding is something new, an’d with a view to “the eternal fitness of things,’.’ is made of apples and custard. Young domestic duck and apple sauce is in gastronomic order at present, and is a dinner course by no means to be despised. A Narragansett caterer is quoted as having introduced “old-fashioned gingerbread” there this season with great success. An observer at table d’hote says that' no two people eat green corn alike, and he writes to a local paper to know the “best forfn.” To tallow the gastronomic fashion of the elegant society youths of the period it is necessary to sprinkle cinnamon on muskmelons. Stewed pairs and plums, “old, familiar friends,” are again added to the alleged fascinations of Sunday night tea at summer hotels.

Fruits in great variety and greater abundance now appear in market, and those from the Pacific coast elicit es pecial enthusiasm. With the coming of September oysters are again in gastronomic fashion, although it will be some months before they are at their best. , There is complaint of the inferior quality of imported sardines of late, and it is more difficult than ever to decide which is the best brand. All members of Mr. Way back’s family are still of the opinion that their visit to the seaside is not complete without roast clams or the mysterious chowder.