OVER 250 WAYS TO COOK AND SERVE
Fish
AND OTHER PRODUCTIONS OF THE SEA.
A CHOICE COLLECTION OF RECEIPTS REPRESENTING THE LATEST AND MOST
APPROVED METHODS OF
Cooking
COMPLIMENTS OF
Shute & Merchant,
GLOUCESTER, MASS.
SHUTE & MERCHANT’S
ABSOLUTELY BONELESS BRANDS OF FISH.
Packed in 1 to 40 lb. boxes.
Diamond Wedge,
Gold Wedge,
Silver Wedge,
Not-a-Choke,
Wedge,
Swan’s Down Tid Bits.
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Packed in 24 to 48 lb. boxes.
Diamond Wedge, Cartons and Waffles,
Eider Down, Waffles,
S. & M. Waffles,
Swan’s Down Waffles,
Swan’s Down Tid Bit Waffles.
And other Brands commonly called Boneless, too numerous to mention.
INTRODUCTION.
“There are many fishes in the Sea,” in fact so many that it is possible
to have a different kind served every day of the year, and still not
exhaust the variety, but it is necessary to the attainment of this
result to have the resources of a great city fish market at one’s
command. Thanks to the skill of the trained cook there are an infinite
number of ways in which the commoner sort of fish that are to be had
everywhere, can be transformed into a great variety of dainty, yet
simple and inexpensive dishes. And here is the value of this
publication.
Cook books there are of all sorts and shapes, but strange to say the
subject of Fish Cookery has been sadly neglected in all of them, and to
supply this deficiency, the following collection of receipts has been
carefully gathered and properly arranged for the convenience of the
housewife, no time or expense having been spared to make the volume a
thoroughly reliable and practical guide upon the important subject which
it treats.
The experience of distinguished chefs and epicures of many lands have
been fully drawn upon, while noted travellers, anglers, and sportsmen,
who have been pleased with the cookery of some famous guide or cook,
have revealed his secrets for the benefit of our readers. The famous
housekeepers have assisted, too, and have contributed generously from
the wealth of their experience. In addition to the receipts there will
be found within the covers of the book much other information of value
to the reader, about the best fish foods, where obtained and how to be
made of the best service. It is in every way a complete guide to the
culinary art as applied to the fish family.
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CARE IN THE COOKROOM.
Importance of Selecting the Best in the Line of Food Supplies.
Housekeepers throughout the land are every day becoming better informed
regarding the relative quality of articles of food offered in the
markets, and the tradesman who does not cater to this growing knowledge
will soon lose the patronage of his best customers. People of
intelligence now demand the best in food products, and the essential
features of superiority insisted upon are palatableness, purity and
wholesomeness. These qualities must unite in order that the stamp of
approval may be bestowed, and a product lacking any one of these
cardinal requirements cannot hope for lasting success. Upon the other
hand, when any article of food supply has demonstrated that it not only
pleases the taste, but is also nutritious and in every way conducive to
health, the popularity of such product is assured.
An illustration of the preceding statement is happily furnished in the
pronounced popularity of “Gold Wedge” Brand of Fibered Codfish, a
product absolutely without odor, and requiring no boiling or soaking,
which must be conceded a place of pre-eminence among the food products
of unquestioned value now being offered. That this article possesses all
the necessary qualifications for its acceptance by the most keenly
critical and discriminating housekeeper has been so frequently and so
thoroughly demonstrated that it is scarcely worth while to more than
allude to such fact. That it has attained to the highest place in the
confidence of consumers is ample proof of its superiority. The cardinal
virtues of Palatableness, Purity and Wholesomeness have rendered “Gold
Wedge” Brand of Fibered Codfish a favored article of food in refined and
intelligent homes, and caused it to be regarded as a necessary part of
the menu.
Wherever unquestioned worth in any food article is amply proved it is
the duty of the physician to bestow his commendation, and hygienic
publications should be foremost in extending their meed of praise, for
to these two sources the general public must ever look for unbiased and
competent advice upon all matters pertaining to the health and
well-being of the people; it is, therefore, with more than ordinary
pleasure that we bear testimony to the appetizing and wholesome
qualities of “Gold Wedge” Brand of Fibered Codfish, which is in all
respects worthy of highest praise.
The manufacturers of this superior food product, Shute & Merchant,
Gloucester, Mass., are of such standing commercially that their brand is
indicative of merit; and we feel no hesitancy in bestowing heartiest
approval upon their wares. To those of our readers who have written us
concerning this product, and to others who may not be fully conversant
with the high qualities of the same, we would say that “Gold Wedge”
Brand of Fibered Codfish is all that could be desired, and that it
should find a place upon every table where the laws of health, as well
as the gratification of the appetite, receive the proper consideration.
Any first-class dealer will supply this article if insisted upon, and
those catering to refined patronage will see the necessity of keeping it
in stock.