The greengage plum comes packed in sugar-sweetened brandy here from Bordeaux, a tight-skinned little fruit with skin on, about the size of a walnut, canned whole, the seed in; it's not imposing to the eye, but a yummy plum to the palate. This plum is to other plums as caviar to the other roes. Pint jars ＄2, quarts ＄3.75, half gallons ＄7.25.Sold at the Vendome, 415 Madison Avenue. Half a plum added to the fruit cup with a swig of the brandy gives the glamour touch. Or serve the fruit with chicken or duck, and there's pleasure in the eating.
The Javanese kroepoek is back, seen in Telburn's of New York, 161 East 53rd Street. Remember those small amber chips made of fresh shrimp and arrowroot which, dropped into hot fat, turned into flower-like puffs six times the size of the original chip? Crisp an tender, nonfattening, the ideal niblet for nibbling with a cocktail. Serve them with curries, as a substitute for the popadam; prepare them with cheese to pass with the salads. Sprinkle cheese on kroepoek as it comes hot from the fat pot. Or again sprinkle with powdere sugar and cinnamon for a sweet bite with tea. The chips retail at ＄1.15 a package in a quantity sufficient to serve ten to twelve guests.
Out of Java the sambals, oelik an oelik trassie, 60 and 65 cents respectively for the 4 ½-ounce bottles, offere by C. Henderson, 52 East 55th Street. These hot sauces are of many kinds but chief bigwig is oelik, without which no rijsttafel is ever complete. The Dutch are the folks on the lookout for sambals, which they use in preparing the Javanese dishes.
In the Henderson store are drie mushrooms from Italy and Italian green peppers packed in white wine vinegar.
The famous brand of Callisto Francesconi, pure virgin olive oil, packed in Lucca, Italy, is imported after six years; Trinacria, 415 Third Avenue, New York, has the oil, ＄12 a gallon.
A shipment of espresso coffee pots for the home serving of coffee in the Italian manner is available in the Post Mart, 230 East 78th Street, New York. The pots are made in five parts with a new feature added, a bakelite handle to keep the user from burning his fingers. For choice, two-cup size, ＄4.25; four cups ＄5.25; six cups ＄6.25. Add postage if ordering by mail. Selling with the pots is a black roast coffee, the Madaglio D'Oro, made especially for espresso brewing, in vacuum-sealed tins; 65 cents a pound is the price.
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