This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 Excerpt:of fresh tomato and mayonnaise also colored a delicate green. Besides being a most decorative dish this is a very appetizing one. THE MARKETS OF CHINATOWN In summer the green goods displayed in the Chinese shops are raised on Long Island farms by Chinamen, but in the winter season most of the things are raised in the south. The bins and shelves are filled with dried edibles such as mushrooms, dried flying fish or other fish, water chestnuts, and a variety of dried roots and vegetables. Hanging from the lines above the customer's head are quantities of dried ducks that have been smoked and dried whole; these ducks are considered a great delicacy. The dried flying fish and strips of bacon, already cooked, are neatly rolled around bamboo splints and hung in bundles. Among the vegetables in the windows are Chinese potatoes. The Chinese cabbages head up much more loosely than our own cabbages, and have, when cooked, a decided herb flavor. Sweet mustard is a great favorite on the Chinese table. It resembles the outside leaves of cauliflower, though the stems are more succulent and it does not head with a solid center. The sweet mustard is prepared by pulling the leaves apart and washing them carefully, then boiling them in water which must be changed three times, after which a small loin of pork, or a fresh ham is put in, and cooked with them. Tulip bulbs are pared, and eaten with a little garlic as a relish, or they are cooked and served with a specially made meat sauce and rice. It is safe to say that after a wee taste most people would prefer to have their tulip bulbs grow and blossom rather than add them to the list of available salad materials. "Elephants' Trunks" look as if they might easily pose as the ancestors of the American beets, and they a.
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