The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1856-10-25
Gficl,tiht.
CuRlOSITIES OF GASTRONOMY.

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hrrmrht cnokrry to q .tofo NJ .nnh norc.ctinn
and enabled art to minister in 81 hioh a d.
yreo to tho convenience or lie porh,ns tho
world w,s hundreds If vn,rs in lc,,n;nr how
tn ,rcnarc that dinner in fine urr,.;se stvlr
which IS most agreeable to the nalotc and
doubtless n much lonr,r t;no cl,nIcd ho,unor
the first invention of chairs and fine utro,luc.
sion into General usr If tbc conmoIions rock
inc chairs of the present dav. The North
British Review in An interesting article ,bout
diet and dress y relates the manner as han.
dcd bv tradition in whicI, IN. cvc.llnncn NJ
oysters. as an edible was first discovered
1t seems that a man who was walking along
the sea shore. nicked M one of these sav,rv
bvalyes. inst as if was in thc act Of canine
and inslnuatcd his finger between the edges Of
the shell. VIII N suddenly the shell closed M
on the exploring digit. Hastily withdraw
ing the unfortunate finger. he very naturally
nut it INTO his mouth. to alIav the main. and
| Tins tasted oyster mice for the first lime It
was delicious: he felt that he had made a dis
covcrv. and Corcino omen thc she'll succd;Iv
fastcd upon lis contents Intelligence Oils
discovery soon sprrod abroad and IFS bcne.
fits have been handed down from ccncrot,on
to generation to the M sent dav.
It is said that D, an Nory,ll was fine frs, in.
vcntor of bottled ,lc. Tho Dean who oC
course was an Enplishman and who lived in
tho DAYS or Omen Mary was nnt fsh;ug
with n bottle of the freshly drawn bcvcrnGr
mon the bank beside him when he rrcnivrd
ridinrs that olliccd him to nv far his liz. -
After the lapse Of \ consilcrnbl. fine he re-
turned to the spot, and on touching his BOTTLE
| which had rcn,,;n,d th.ro upd;SturLcd fnr
weeks thc corl, flew ont with non and thr
creamy contents were so aoreeahlr that he
was always careful TO hottie his ale after
wards
For MANY years fish was y chief article If
dict among the maritime nations of Eurone
| Morning. noon. and NIGHT if rraced the mos,
aristocratic tables, and was served III, in Il
hundred different ways. Fish is said to form
remarkable healthy and nourishinr diet.
and in few counties are better fish caught and
used than those which are tax en- on the shore
of New England. Dr. Doran. however. the
author of a recent book on .table traits in
c)iues to favor fowl and ouotes AN eminent
expcrrcntalst, who asserts that he found
mind and body both in the highest state Of
viror when h,. had banouc,ed on roast yonsc
AS an offset to this, it is said that A di.tia
cuishcd painter was accustomed to live ON
roasted applcs whenever he was cmploycd mn
on any great work to which he wished to dc.
vote all the energies of his mind. The truth
is, that different articles of diet agree hest
with different people. The surcst way orpre-
serving health, and of keeping the mind and
body always active and strong is not to make
practice of eating rich food, and never to
eat more that sufficient to supply the wants
of nature
But there is another item which we have
yet to notc-wc refer to the eating of horse
| nrsh--a mania which rises and falls period.
icallv.
The latest French fashion. revived from the
German, is the eating of horse flesh: public
lectures are delivered in Paris, and crowds
flock to h, ar learned professor on the peculiar
properties and virtues of that useful animal
The specula,ors for a rise in price of food
| in America might seize upon this as evidence
of the great scarcity, of food iuEurope and of
the inevitable demand which must continue
for American food at increased price. Such
an inference would be abntlantlv erroneous,
| nor less plausible than many which are daily
circulated in the American markets.
Horse flesh was formerly used in Germany,
and is still used to a small extent in some of