The New Orleans crescent. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1866-1869, 1868-10-11

From All the Year Round. I

yacno, ETC.. those unsstisfying toys, and wer
suPremely happy with what We had been expec,
ing ior several hours-the fat, plump fig with tn
goioen seeds, and the spoonful OF West India
Jeny, which were solemny handed over to q
siter dlSner, on the night Of the annua
party, Dy the tall severe gentleman, (frient
cur arrival from the nursery with the intenses
disgust, thinly covered over by miserable var
nisn OF gay benevolence.
On those rare diuner- party days II was our habit
to prowl round the buffers pantry and keep !
bright lookout about the top shelves for those
green dishes full of almonds and raisins, those
piles OF oranges stuck proudly with stiff shiny au.
rel leaves, or those little morasses of golden
green preserve, showing dark against the spark
ling light OF cut.glass dishes. generally supposed
IN the family to be of priceless value. The search
beng illegal, the very iegalify gave It kind of
charm. 1t partook Of the character of poaching.
II became then serious speculation among rs
junior members Of the family what there would be
at dessert-whether chestnuts, or If the cherry
brandy would be brought out; If there would be
pine or melon; whether the grapes would 70
round. and ever reach Us; whether we should re-
fuse biscuits II they were likely to deprive us of
second orange, and DO on. No stockbrokers on
Unsnge, no slippery rogues with q new martin
siDilties than we youngsters did as be brushed our
hair to go down after dinner. Then was the time
es U% sr yhns 70 and
Inc Persian melons with the obscure Arabic in
scriptions on their rinds worked In white threads.
were just those that turned into Cinderella's
coaches. Those lesther-c0ated chestnuts came
from Don Quxote's country. Those little bags
OF VINE, called grapes, grew on the Rhne-per-
hsps by the Rats Tower where the wicked bishop
was eaten up. Every fruit had its story, and was
at once picture and legend. 49,, II n.
That pleasant little combination dish of fruit that
they bring you after dinner ct French restaurant
called Les Quatre Mendiants, as strongly suggests
legend az does The French name for aromatic yine-
gar-the Vinegar Of the Four Thieves. The lat
ter story Is that, rubbed over with this puugent
liquid four thieves of Marseiles during the time of
the great plague in that city succeeded In safely
piundering the dead. The -Four Beggars is an
equally suggestive name. Who were these four
beggarsl In what reign did they live Did they
ever live! Were they Holbein men, with great
slashed sleeves, tasseled with punches of greasy
haps, who had wrestled with the Swiss Were
they not grim. brown SCARED rascas, ripe for the
gsllows, gashed by Bernese and Oberland hal.
herds, and beaten about by Burgundian partisans;
chains; snatching silk cloaks and feathered vel
vet caps with canoes and jewels at their sides; |
dexterous at threading crowds ct preachnqs and |
Professions-sturdy. resolute. hesrtless, merry, |
desperate, Heaven forssken scoundrels living for
the moment and under the greenwood tree. with |
their heads against the dead deer, sleeping away |
the thoughts of the future Would not Callot |
have have sharply etched their rags and ribbons and
grating. while horrible Abhorson was grinding his
ak in the courtyard and blinking al the sum- /
Would not Salvador Rosa have sketched them as |
gsnbi;na r.;.h ,o.n snSet sna'seIeu OAK Tree,
eruriac and q neari esq., W oS2s lcr goIo
have nictnrsd hen rsn:,;n "V -, III. Ieniers
drunk at skittles, tipsy at shuttle board-swagger.
ing, swearing, pulling out knives, hugging, or
1t was this same dish about which we once found
some stray French verses written on the back of |
wine list in cafe in the Pslais Royal. They ran.
l we may De allowed to roughly parsphrsse them.
picturesoue: fA"'''' '"'' "'e ~ ieas'
QUATRE MESDIANTs- (THE FOUR BEGGARs)
Once q time in the brave Herry'ssg
= foor bssgsrs dining underneath tree, PA
Hsnav,s os sIs or Each from his wallet drew
-s " s''' ,'f ai n,la
Sum Iops .ns ssory Gafccn bring the carte r
And Chsrles-a pin. Of surTundy.s besa Ham, ;. ~
In our deep fl.sses every joy shah aoat
TIT h g. ,sS so,dss en- a. he hons. ed u
Thai feast the stranger in The Syrian tent
-,co s.,ch N. ,,.,.. from os thu v;ptare row,
Where the brown spsnisrds gsyiy q1sf the wine
What tiue the ,uIe ripple Of the waves
Laughs o"s"' 0e'"se' '.s s'e'A ''~'''' ' ~
"nOr yet unnindful q the tsbst scrip. ser
rcge ~ n f nu.s ifS u, s ne ,,e nrs.s,d
-. - -. -.
Hsi.rsy M Lpsnpns. 5lanchsd as snowy white
AS Lelsf teeth; and ttey win htiy crown
Inc oesgsrs 'our'O'o o'sn 'o' US '0-n'sn''
Beggars were happy, then LET Us be so; rs
TIVE e, o o ,ossiSa nsmbs wss suT f,es ~
Joy laughs above bis grave. and SO vil We rrtfs |
The history of cooking, from the deluge TO the
,sss;ng of the reform Bill. would be one of the
most s7unendous works that ever ruined a pub.
;she, II wonld run to saw about three hundred
nd thirtv-two volumes folio without the index.
md would secure the author a limited income,
but an enormous fame Perhaps the world is
bsraiv rina for n vet LET the olobe 90 on turn-
me- ~ rapnS side: ike an enormons annie to the |
me- Gre FOR a Century longer. and nerhans then
!. III, he reaSv sor ,hs hon. One volume would
hs aad;".teS 70 III he cav" and sming subieet of
!, dessar.s anS nlesssnt snecdotic little nam.
,h,e, 81 TOM tboaasnd and odd nages II wouId
p, nes VI io1' '@'N 80 r . - $50
TSa desse,, Of the middle ages had no special
cbsrsctsr Thare would he a oood deal of Cellini |
cnn and I,mocas nIs,a and PaIissv dish abont il
and ne,fn,mss and rsnices enongh. no doubts We
nictnre the cakes ike Weddine.cakes. heavy. full
If citron rather indieestible: ana we Imagine
certain a,rors ~ ,as,e msrring the whole affair.
~ ;n Rsn Jonson,s time wbar A. iord mavor,s
O. g.. e - ,hhnaa d.rf ;a,,sr a. g;vsn sig.
nai 80 fo;.. 1880 ;r;n ne hosSi Of ems.
MA ~ 10 a tarro ;nS,ona,son "a Sa,;rht
20 ~ $500, az cn,,,, nsan,s md the ladies'
oil ,ne ,ne cDurs snp sne s;I
LUIS, hssn ernsl'v .nissbsa and