The Wilmingtonian., 1824-04-01
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A PERSIAN DINNER.

ni1ed by our law.
A PERSIAN DINNER.
We take the following description Of ;
Persian entertainment from IA vnlume u
Letters by Madame Freygan, vile to th'
son Of German physician in the service
of the Emperor Of Russia; who having beef
educated Tor the diplomatic profession, wa
despatched from Tiils, in lGl2, as Con
seller de Cour, during period of g:ea
anxiety for Russia, in consequence 90 th'
recent French inyasou upon mission 81
the Ceurt of Abbas MiyAa, the hereditary
Prince Royal of Persia, at Tahriz, We ia
not presume to conjecture how Tar Br
Kitchener may consider the Persian pllaw
iand bonne-bouche worthy Of lis attention.
a few DAYS ago. Jaicr kooli Khan in
ytcd the Governor Generals wife to din
ner, and was If the party. He showed u,
the attention of providing plates, knives,
and forks, with which he dispensed him
self, eating according to the Persian GUS
tom. A fiat cake of bread, a- large as the
table upon which it was laid, served for
Itie tIble-cl9,b and napkins. 'l'he Khan
made use oi smaller cake ni the sane
rle.cription. lor the purpa.es 1t plate and
n,pkln. We were !insI helped to swert-
mea.s, and then Ia the Persian snu' 5oS5rch
i wa. curious to see h0w The <han ni!ght
manage his soup, and woall have Wagered
Lat he could nut have gotttN through 7 !;
int was mistaken. lis brtad.piate an
Iswered IS pom he dropped p.eSc "!
1T into the bowl before him, took It out
Iwth his fingers and swallowed it; he had
even finished his portion before Us, who har
lplates anl spoons. 'ihil mode u eatin.
appeared TO me still Ie,s inviting, a, the
! Persian gentry have thrir hana- dyed yri-
iuw a. saliron, and their nails 4. deep ryd
After the soup we had other dishes, sweet
icned with great deal uI sugar; these
wcrc followed BY ragouts, highly seasoned
with pepper and saffron; then appeared al
least SIX deterrent kinds of pilaw, the ia
vou:ite Gi.h Of Asiatc,, ah'l the only one
, in my ep!aion. that is eatab|e. One OF
these pilaws was, to my taste, delicious
they wero al ut different colOurs sp,nt
were made w'th mutton and chicken, som,
with chc.tnGts, nthers with meat roasted
on w00Clan spit, from which it acquired
+ rather smok flavor; this excepted, III,
roast is good t'ling--tl,ey call it shichHch
: The plays are dressed in more than TWEEN,
~ various WAYS, here give you one o
the recipes;
Cut Into slices SIX or seven pounds ol
limuItuu and boil it with one nr tWn foWl,
Ithep take tne whole al the meat and brnth
~ oi the saucepan, and at the bottom 81
put some butter, upon which when warm
"a layer OF rice, ahnlt the thickness Of al
I inch, is 20 be added then throw in ches
nuts, peeled al tmonds cut in twn, some u,
hose sma ,n-ins without seeds, whicl
Ittev cali ai$chmi ich, eluyps, cinnamon. .lnt
\ Cardnmoin-. Tie meat i, thsn placed uroi
ta'l TINS, ana the saGcepan Il lc,i with rice
>pou'ing on i tue trn1h uniil tbc Wnale ht
quite c"Ner d; aVH.tte, ii Al hnnv IS >giii
p c!eni to bpl tne r,ce 10y winch time II vii
+, be day. aodh W. absorbed the brnth. ihpl
, butter II m tied, and put over NE RICE
, after whieh tie saEcepan should be wei
covered, underneath the ~, with a cio''
dipped in hot water, thar the rice may b
Kept moist it is thus left to soak until sefV
Jed up
'Ourdrink consisted ottlillpren kinds q
;sherbet, and airar. 10 iorm a Just ''iea
the Persian method of eating yon ohg't
see one Of them helping himself toa dish
p.'aw. The Persian punses his fingers IN
J, (" thc mess, strs it aboat, .quoezes 1t wit
his hand, which having flied he conveys I
bis mouth, and swallows the contents. M
Knowing how to use either knife or torE
he wipes his disguatinsly greasy hand upo
his napkin, that is to say, upon the brea
!. which covers the table, and finishes th
meal by eating his napkin. While at dir
iner tie Khan made use Of his right han
n IonIy, the left always resting on his glr'il
/, accordng TO the fashion of the countr.
The persians are extremely fond Of fat an
of sweets, and particularly ofsaifron. Th
Khan, in order that he might not fail
poIitene,s, seated himself like us npo
'fa chair, although the Pcrsians do not US
d either tables OF chairs they sit always q
le the floor, upon which carpet is sprea
is and their Aishes are placed before them G