Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1864-11-25
A curiou, Chapter on Fooa.

A Curious Chapter on Food.
The diversity prevailing in diHcrcnt na-
tions IN difference 20 articles % food seems
70 confirm IN H. literal sense the proverbiai
saving that A" one mans meat j. another
nan. roisoa.~ NAny articles q food ~hich
are m high esteem in one country ar ~
garled in Other Nth abhorrcncc. which
even famine can hardly surrncunt
In the Shctland Islands il T. saii the
crabs and HOLSTERS abound. which the pco-
PIE catch for The London market. bot ~
fuse o. eat even when haifsta-vedt
CockchafcrS Ar caniied ard served 90
With other confectionery b. tie Italians
The hedgehog 40 one thinks % eating In
England. except the gipsies and some ~ho
have ioined them. and ~ho report that !, is
better than rahbt.
TIE sailors in the EngEsh and Dutch
vhaleshiPs DO not ear the hesh % the
whaie. bnt those m the Frcnch -hal,rs
(-i,h their -ell-kno~n skill IN cookery
are sAid % make paiaiabic dish % g.
By almost al tie loser classes in Eng.
land. venison AMI game q all kinds az
hcli IN abbo-rcncr. ard 50 a. fresh So
b TIE Australian savage. frog. snakes
large moths ani grubs Parked out from the
wood. and al Of Which the EnsHsh sstilers
tu-n from With dis-us'. a-e esteemed as
dai1tics. bat they arc shocked A. our eating
os-te--
Nix ~ an article % food. ssccrs fo-
socking babies. = loathcd by The s5u,h
Sea lsianders- Goals have been int-odsc-
81 INTO several % TIE i.lands: but the pco-
Pc deride the settlers ~ifh using ~ mix
AMI Ak them vhs they Do not uiIk lhrir
sovs. On ihe other hand. dos and RAJ.
AZ favori'e ARTICLES q food With then
These lasf. A. vel knovn. are often eaten
by The Chinese. Who also eat salte8 earth
worms. ard q kind - --z-sl1r. ~hirh most
Europeans vii ta-n from With di.ra.;
In he narrative a A. on's voya-c IS a
fuil aoooaut a. the prrislioe 81 the Sou,h
Americans tboth of Creoics and Iudians1
against turtie a. poisonou. Tie prisoner,
captured on puEe ships warned the sailor.
srairst eating 70. and fo- some tine lived
On bal ship beef; st seeing our ucn
;hrlvu On ihe turtle ibes began q eat i.-ai
trst sTarirsiy. ard a; length heartily.
liorsefesb, shich no.t Ea-oI-eans would
refuse O. car eVoeTiin great extremity. &.
perferre1 ty ihe Tarta-s toau osL.r.. anl
the fesh ofa Wild ass colt va greatly
estceued - th- Romans A. f,r PORK.
% - ou religious grounds thsi Jeus anl
Mahonraedans abstain from it 80 %.
Hiudoos 90 from beef Dai ibe Christiar.
~ the East sem 90 have n-ariv a. co-a
aversion o. e.. AM tie ike prevailed al
lately in SrotlanI
The ir-e so q snail called esca--ot.
va hso-ite dainty ~th the anoea,
k'mar'. ani Is s,ig d, ma great pa-t Or,
south Cd z Eurore. thou-b most FnrE.i-.er
would D. haH starved before thev uoatl
cat g. In Nlrnaa d. age vood ants A.,
Served up and eaten alive Snail c-ats an,
a.en alive in China The guana. h--,
species - hyarl. is great dainty on some
ofthc West lrla I.l1-ts. aad monkey ard
aAigator are eaten in Africa ard Soufi
Ameri-s sni some '-avcilr-s Who have
overcome ihe.F pre- adioes pronounced tt-m
good eating
Mare. ths Ini.an corn cf America. IA.
been introduced INTO Nev Zeala1d e. tIe
H'iss .ona-ies and ihe people cultivate aul
highly esteem o.. Bat tbeir mode of PR
ra-i1- % far food isio Earapcans uo.t 8..-
rusting. They s-e-p ii IN water tiI O. b.
putrif. nnl fle1 make it into kind "A
Porri4ge vh.eh cm.u most intolera5le
steneh. rEn-,I.h E1-har-e