Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1831-02-10
subdued it. Her Jewesses have worn stockings
and the Tunisan ambassadors have danced
the gdIopade'
From the ". 7. Mercantile advertiser.
DINNER ADVENTURES.
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DIN NER AD'iIN - hEo.
s. Some pigeons, Dauy. a couple Of short-Ieg-
ged hens-jigit of mutton, and eay pretty hftie
fiuy kitkskmcs-ieH lillian Cook. '-SHAKs.
have always looked upon cookery as sub
lime science The mind is the slave ct the sto-
mach-a half-cOoked or overlooked bird will
deaden for hours the brightest and proudest IN
telect "The way to a mans heart said Ma
poleon sis do,Un his misunderstanding 1t oil course
to be understood that when you travel that way
YOU are not to be accompanied BY raw potatoes,
tough meat and sour Wine | always suspect
the man who processes Indifference towards eat
bies-who has no ch0ice-who does not prefer
saddle Of venison to loin of veal, or uicf versa
depend upon it, he has nc heart-or no palate
or else he is quizZing you.-Now ! have my
preferences, and amongst others, prefer French
cookery to any other science IN the word-a
ghost might prefer astronomy or pneumatic
but flesh and blood must concur with me.-lhls
IS good deal for me to confess-I was brought
up in a yencratOn for the roast beef and potatoes
of merry England and in horror OF frogs. But
it is long since became tired of roast beef, and
long since, Start not, reader? | ate frog yea
many frogs. I used to catch them for my French
tutor in days of wore, and many time when we
| were supposed to be reading 1eiemaque, were
we suppine on the crackers, mot HALLEcK's
croakerS, it was before they made noise IN the
worldly
| Fond as ! am of French cookery. have al
ways been too lazy to study its nomenclature
[ have been in the habit Of ordering dinner OF
mutton, or beef, or fowl. in as general terms as
Grumio babe the tailor to make "tw0 sleeves
| to katharine's gown, DENYING that he ordered
them to be sscuriously cut" Tide one Shaks-
peare. The minuta always left to the honor
of the cook, my preferences lying between the
| materials and not the various methods OF their
preparation.
My ignorance of this nomenclature has lately
| led me into some udicrous predicaments. DEL
MoNIc0 has, this winter, established "Rfsfau-
,aM F1ancais'' OIL the Partisan plan. In pop
ped some days ago, with glorious appetite. |
found the bill of fare entirely in the French Ian
guage. CHANGING over it hastily, the first item
| that attracted me was s. c0rnichon" amongst the
=. Hors d'euvres." Cornichon know to mean
"a little horn,'' and as was very thirsty | con-
cluded to take small horn before attacking the
substantials. So ordered the garcon to bring
me cornichon. He stared, and as he turned
l saw his suppressed smile. A French waiter IS
too we'll bred to laugh in your face. / began to
suspect that all was not right. In few mo-
ments he returned, bringing me, to my utter dis
may, plate of picked cuc,mbers; | abhor Gu
cumbers as do the devil-but as had got in a
pickle and did not like to show my ignorance, |
swallowed the little wretches hoping to be look
ed upon as an eccentric man.
| The pickles made me thirstier than ever. con-
fusedly and hastily looked over the bill, and saw
'.peche reau de Uie" Aha! thought |, g there
| will be no mistake this time-eau de Ute know
means brandy and peche of course is a glass;
G. A.
and an air of knowing what was about, and
what do you think got, reader? A BRANDY
PEACH, by all that's horifc! And what do you
think did? Jump up and run out of the house?
Or stab myself with the silver forkl Neither
mencing my dinner on cucumbers and brandy
peaches, and trust succeeded.
Believing that fate had decreed against my
having any thing to drink, again took up the
bill, to try and blunder on something to eat
" Let me see," said /; ..what have we here?
:" Lmgue q la bourgcoise''-the tongue of a cit-
zea's rife! What! Is this splendid establish
ment the resort of cannibas? Why surely it
must be, for here right below is I" CoteLenes a Ia
H,ancier"-the outlets Of a .tinancier! Tough
food. should think, particularly if Del'nonico
catches his financers amongst our Wall street
peripatetics. I'll try neither of these dishes-a
woman's tongue anda brokers' legs are too much
exercised to be tender fare, however fair the for
mer may be, and however tender her accents
Let me look little further. "Ris de rau''-
the smile ota calf Who but Frenchman would
ever have thought of cooking smile? 1t must
be delightful dish-but want something more
substantial. " Canara aur oires'-a Uater.dog
in olyes! Whew. What will they cook next!
This is worse than the Persian's horse flesh din
ners. And here is {. Entre-cote la maitre d.
hoter'-the rib ofthe master of'he hotel What
a barbarian to cook his own wife! Unheard.of
enormity! Epigramme d. agneau''-the cpl
gram ofa lamb! Isuppose they will soon make
an anecdote Of pig, and historical fact Of an
old COW. What's this? L" Sauccisson'-a
sq,db! l have had enough to do with squiJJiag
in my dav- III none of this &C .1uguiHes a la
fartare'-eeLs in heH-just where they ought to
be. would as soon eat snake as an eel
d" 0aelette so,D7e''-a pu6sd omelei--I have had
pu6S enough. " Quaire mendims"-fow beg
CARS! Too much leaa-not particle Oftai. Ill
be bound. IN such dish. Just at this moment,
an old gentleman entered and sat down at an ad-
joining table. 8. Give me some roast beef and
potatoes" said he. Eth. monsieur said the