Arizona miner., 1866-02-28
HORSE FLESH FOR FOOD.

Once in a while when our gold or Indian hunters find themselves far from any post and out of provisions, they have to subsist gpon horse or mule flesh, but think it very lard fare. We believe Captain Ledyard, of mpany A, lst California cavalry, had to fed upon mule steaks on his last raid It .cems that horse flesh is now served in Paris and London in a style which makes it highly palatable. A book has lately been published in London, in which it is eontended that horse flesh is an excellent article of food for human consumption. We commend the fol- lowing extracts to all Arizonians who may chance to find it necessary to dine upon horse:
 HOW TO FIT A HORSE FoR THE TABLE.
 Moueen's statistics inform us that in the British empire there are 2,250,000 horses, valued at E67 ,00O,OOO. 4 very considerable portion of these should be eaten. Malfor- nation. incipient disease, accidental injuries, render 1t more profitable to kill than to rear, at great expense. animals incapacitated for labor. Send an injured or enfeebled horse to grass. and in four months he will be fat and fit for the table. Tn answer, therefore, to our next query, " Should We eat our horses P we reply. 6 Under certain circumstances un- donbtedly :" and in no case ought we to bury tue Aesh of the horse, when we have the strongest reasons for regarding il as alike nu- tritious and palatable. Owing to the great value of the horse, the use of its flesh, as an article of human food, must in this country be limited. Let tis, however, avail ourselves ~ Ff SO far as practicable and in order that if isay no longer be wasted, let us dismiss fhe kilIy prejudice which causes even a half starved labOrer to exhibit irrepressible dis gust when exhorted to partake of kind of food oc casionally within his reach, and known to possess in abundance those elements of nu- triton so scantily supplied by the common fare of tine working classes. We invite our readers to test its value, as we have recently done, in spirit of philosophical inquiry, and we solemnly declare without the slightest digestive remorse, though to the horror of our eJOk, a privileged old servant, who rules the roast, and us, too, sometimes Misled by her imagination, and not following her nose assuredly, she declared that she perceived '' fearful smell before the stuff cam near thu doorn After we had eaten delicious souI and excellent stew, prepared by her reluct ant hands, the worthy woman thought sh' should pray for us The Lord be vii th' maister After eatin' O sis an onnat'ra brute. he's shure to talk the worst kind o jaundice, for it's aye ta'en wi an awfu' scum her" We are happy to announce that th' jaundice was all in her eye, and that we arr enjoying peace of mind and body after thu first, but we hope not last, trial of hippopha gy If any exclaim, " Horrid man, to adyis the eating Of horse fiesh," we say, quietly good friends, if you please. Have you no eaten it disguised as Bologna sausage O Russian OK tongues which, though of unde niabIe merit, are well known to be those 0 horses
 HiPPoFHAGic gASeuEr.
 But what is the gout of horse flesh Have patience, courteous reader, and we shal make your teeth water. Horse dinners, sal go (5aaqi@ts hiBophagiqaes, in Parisial phrase) have been quite the vogue of late il Paris, kmnjgsbaden, Wertemberg, WeimaT Munich, Vienna, Dresden, and many Othe places many of those in Germany being bl public subscriptions Those in Paris hay been especially Tecltrrhss, and attended bl such variety of distinguished guests as t elevate them tO the rank of scientific experi Incnts- Though inpossessiOn of the culinar, lrumphs Of the German hippophagi, we shal spare our readers the recital, and give then instead an account of Pansian "hOrse din ner, from the graceful pen of the witty NJ le Docteur AInedee LatOur, who takes care t inform Us that it was not written on his ris il from the table, but twenty -four hours al fst when he solelnnly deposes, he was no -iiering the least digestive rernorse 9Th eXperirnent begins. M Renaut has most in telligently made the arangements Side b side are che subjects to be experimented uE on--the matters to be compared
 - Horse s0up--Beef soup,
 Horse boil- BoefbOil,
 Roast h0rse--Roast beef.
 The same quantity-same sort judge an compare nathiug better. Horse soup-geI erd tstonishment. It's perfect it's exec lent it's feeding it'z like yenison! it's srr matte its neh tsfted it's hrst-rate 40