The Andrew County Republican. [volume] (Savannah, Mo.) 1871-1876, 1874-07-31
CURIOUS EXPERIMENTS IN COOK
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The report of our experiences elected
a suggestion on the part of one distin-
guished alike for classical and culinary
lore, that it would be well to test the
qualities of ass-fesh.
Accordingly, a donkey which had at
tanned the mature age of six was pur-
chased, and carefully fattened for the
space of three months, till it became
quite a pleasure to pay our daily visit
and poke him professionally in the ribs
as he put on yet more anC. more flesh.
Atlast came the day of doom. He was
pronounced perfect, was duly slaught-
cred, and the series of experiments COM
menced. The day after his decease the
brains were eaten with unmiXed salts
faction, and the liver proved superior to
that of calf. All this was we'll, but our
anxiety was about the joints ; so, when
it had hung a week, we ventured on
a culotte dane braisee a la ,jardintere,
which proved so attractive that on the
next day we boldly attacked a roast sir
loin, pure and simple. We felt at once
we had our reward. There was no
hesitation about it. Not only did roast
donkey prove vastly superior to horse
but without a dissentient voice we
placed it above beef. The meat was
very dark and ~rich-looking, and fully
performed its promise; there was a
slight suggestion CT venison about it,
and the under-cut was simply superb.
Our early Investigations having thus
been completely crowned with success,
it was decided hat the second sirloin
should form the central point of a BAN
quet, whose general character might be
described as a%sinine.
Though other wines were provided,
Assmanhausen was the one specially re-
commended and generally adopted. We
have sat at many a good mans feast,
but at no entertainment have We seen
the ~conuiues more deeply interested or
more thoroughly contented. 1t was a
complete success, and the bold specu-
lator who would breed asses for the
food market ought to succeed also.
With one more Cambridge expert
ment we will close these remarks. 1t is
but a few weeks ago that a hamper of
twelve fine rats arrived at a certain col
lege kitchen. They had been killed the
day before, On the pulling down of a
wheat stack, and they were all plump
and comely to lookat. The three largest,
which were veritable monsters, were Sc
lected for roasting, while the rest were
to be make into a fricassec. At the APP
pointed time a party of six sat down to
test their merits. After soup and fish,
the ~head-waiter, with an expression of
pity not unmingled with contempt,
brought in the roast. Half a rat, which
had been carefully wrapped in bacon
previous to the roasting, was served to
each. 1t was a trying moment, but the
plunge was taken, and the first mouth
full elected the remarks "Well at all
events, it's not nasty" "No in
deed. it's a great deal better than rab-
bit - 81 call it very fair eating" Each
man finished his portion, and then
three or four picked the bones. Then
came the tricassee with a white sauce ;
this was exceedingly good, but of course
owed as much, if not more, to the art of
the chef than to the raw material.
The final decision wal hat rats were
not a delicacy, but that they were whole
some food, and certainly attractive to a
hungry, to say nothing of a starving,
man.-Frazer's Magazine.
NO ROOM FOR ONE MORE.