New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1868-07-19

Charlemagne, the first Western Emperor,
VINO died In 1914, although very frugal
nVer, was extremely fond Of game. On
orulnSry occasions, writes Capefgne, there
were put teur plates on his dinner table,
besides piece of game which the hunters
Drought TO the Emperor, ready spitted.
since they knew this was his faverite meat.
Inc historian adds that this prince used
rarely to drink more than three times at his
| repast.
Augustus Caesar was fond of brown
bread, little fish, cheese made of new cows
milk, and fresh figs. Suetonius relates that
ne drank habitually but three glasses at
each meal, which shows him to have been
OF much more sober and simple tastes than
most OF his successors
Apicius, the celebrated Roman gour-
mand, whose name has furnished proVerb-
lal phrase to the literature of dietetics, was
passlonately fond of Holsters. Small blame
70 MIN for that, as this is the most delicious
OF shelinsh next to the oyster, which must
ever Dear away the palm. Having heard
.nat the coast of Africa yielded Holsters
larger ana mere delicate than the Italian,
Aplolus Immediately chartered vessel and
set sail to ascertain the fact, and bear home
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rich old fellow was Apicius whe spent on
lis table hundred million sesterces fabout
$4,O0O 600 of our money!, and one fine day
having cast up his accounts and found that
II his debts were paid he should have left
but ten million sesterces $500 ,OOOA. he
quietly swallowed poison through fear of
dying of hunger.
The Latin poet Martial, who died in the
year lob OF our era, had special taste for
tne thrush and the hare, preference which
ne himself declared in this epigram
Inter ayes turdns 81 quis me JUDGE, certet.
Inter bankruptcies gloria primS lepuh.
The Emperor Alexander Severus was so
fond of rabbits that, according to his hi.
ographer Lampridius, he ate one at every
meal
Frederick, Emperor of Germany. who
died in lS43, was madly in love with
melons, and his immodeIate passion for
them finally carried him to the tomb, as the
consequence of an indigestion. The same
accident, and from precisely the same
cause, put an end to the career of the EN-
peror Macmillan H., of Germany.
Tasso, the Italian poet, had a marked
prediction forsugared dishes, we'll baked
In the oven, and for all kinds Of fruits and
confectionery. He was so fond of sugar
that he always put it in his salad.
henry w., OF France, had a passionate
tondness for melons and oysters. He used
to eat immoderately of both, but it would
appear that the wine of Arbois, of which
he made great use, saved him from the
indigestion to which the great indulgence
in such ailments exposed him.
The French Marshal Hocquincourt, who
died in 1858, had particular penchant for
Sleeps tails, and kept all his life a cook
who knew how to prepare a savory dish of
this caudai mutton, which the Marshal dis
pensed to his officers to put them in good
stomach for battle.
Charles XII, King of Sweden, was GER
tainly not difficult eater since Voltaire
records that a slice of bread and butter
was his supreme choice in matters of diet.
Crebillon, flS, the French novelist, who
died in l717, was an Unsuitable deVourer of
oysters.
A certain English gentleman, named
Rogerson, gave great preference to ortolans,
at least the final act of his life seems to
prove this. We are assured that this dis
ciple of Apicius expended, in the space of
nine months, the almost Incredible sum of
one hundred and fifty thousand pounds
sterling upon his table and culinary expert.
ments. In fact, his whole fortune had been
thus swallowed up, and, seeing himself re-
duced to want he employed a guinea, the
last that remained to him out Of his large
fortune, to the preparation of the ortolan.
his taVorite meat. Then, having tasted with
all the delectation of a consummate epioure
this ultimate dish, he quietly fell back and
blew his brains out.
Foltaire was eXtravagantly fond of eof-
fee, which he drank to excess, as DR.. john
son did tea. The same characteristic was
exhibited by the naturalist Button, who
almost lived upon coffee.
Schiller, the great German poet, who
died in 1905, was so extremely fond of
ham that he ate it nearly every day, and
Notwithstanding this remarkable taste he
drank but sparingly.
Frederick the Great, of Prussia. had a
notable prediction for a dish called DO. |
lenta. This was a specie of barley cake
reduced to powder and roasted. On this !
and cup of coffee Tin his passion for
which this prince fairly riValed his friend |
Voltaire), he used to regale himself with |
much gusto. Not very great debaueh |
for king or philosopher
Napoleon was another great coffee |
drinker, and would take sometimes twenty |
cups per day without apparent injury. 1t |
was his only marked taste in dietary mat |
tiers, the other pleasures Of The table hav-
ing been in a measure Indifferent to him. |
This caused his chamberlain, M. Cussy. a |
renowned gourmand. to lament that the |
sentiment of the cuisineH was wholly |
wanting to the Emperor; and he cited |
this defect as an evidence that even the |
greatest men can not be perfect