The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1875-03-25
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had been ridden on many a splendid
hunt but those facts, of course, only
tended to enhance the luxury.
In certain parts of Africa, IN Trim
idad, CeyloD, Borueo and South
America, boiled aud roasted monkey is
considered a delicscy-the red spider,
fox and hOWlinQ monkeys each possess
ing a peculiar flavor. Indee3, . gorilla
steak, to the South African Is moFsel
not to be excelled but as this custom
is too nearly allied TO cannibalism, An
glo-Saxon travellers have seldom been
tempted to participate.
In the islands of Mauritius and Nal
abar, several varieties of the bst, some
of them with wings four feet in extent,
are eaten by the natives with aviditY,
but the story that the Dutch. when IN
possession Of the former island. were
fond of monkey, is said to be incorrect.
The Arabs do not object 20 the flesh
of the hyena, although so rank that the
dogs will not touch it and it Is we'll
known that tbe pole cat is eaten by the
| aborigines of North America while
the opossum is appreciated even by the
better classes of the southern suites
In Italy the fox is considered fit for
the table of a Cardinal, and while raw
| enous Esquimaux dogs will not touch
this animal after killing it, the Indisns
themselves consider it excellent food.
The natives of the Malay peninsula
eat the flesh of the tiger which is
thought to inspire courage, and the
| Hottentots and other African races are
wont to feed upon the lion while the
| American Indians have no scruples in
regard TO the wolf, the panther. the
cougar, or the lynx; many varieties of
! lF tlo AI.a
ancient Greeks ard Romans thought it
] light and wholesome, and the common
| people of modern Rome depend upon
1t to a considerable extent in China
/ they are fattened for the table; in Zan.
| zibar q stew of puppies is a luxury
even with the king; and In the Sandwich
Islands pet puppy is often placed bs-
fore hungry guest, and roasted dog
is common among the natives of Africa
and the Indians of North America.
In Ausiralis, where alone the kRn-
garoo is found, it is considered a delil
cacy, and its liver, when dried and well
pounded, Is used as o substitute Tor
bread, and it is 8 remarkable fact that
the aborieines of that country always
eat their food roasted, being without
the utensils for heating water or cook
ing liquid food. These people also en-
joy frogs, snails, moths and grubs, but
sbhOr oysters.
Among the Esquimaux roasted mice
are considered delectable, while the
walrus, the porpoise and the whale are
among the necessaries of life.
In some of the West India islands,
and in Brazil, fried rats are considered
superior to frogs, and among the Chi
nese rat soup is only equaled by soup
of caterpillars boiled In q thin gravy
with onions.
In various parts of South America
the ant-eater and armadillo, the latter
roasted In its shell, are constantly eaten,
and are said to resemble roast pig
In Africa and India the flesh of the
elephant is generally eaten, and the
paws considered an African luxury.
IN Abyssinia the descendants of Res
selas doat on hippopotamus or rhi-
noceros steak.
The nomad tribes of Northern Asia
and the aborigines of America are
famous for their horse-hesh feasts
horse-steak have long been authorized
and pablicly sold in Copenhagen, and
one of the latest gastronOmic innova-
tions in France and Germany is the use
of horse flesh.
The Persians and Tartars hold the
flesh of the common and wild ass IN
high esteem, and, wherever the camel
and the giraffe are found, they are fre
quently eaten, the tongue of the former
and the marrow of the latter being con
sidered delicacies.
The ornithological tastes of the hu-
man race are more appropriately and
generally diffused than is the case
with the mammals and with the excep
tion OF few such birds as the crow
and the buzzard, both of which are
sometimes eaten, all the feathered tribe
seem to be employed as food, when
necessity or luxury demanded their
death. The only really curious fact
exists among the Chinese, where the
nests Of species of allow, formed of
mucjlaginous substance, is considered
luxury, the constituent qualities of
which have never been ascertained by
analysis.
But in regard to the reptile race, the
barbarous epicuFss of the world prRc-
tice some singular habits. The true
lizard, called the ignans, IS considered
in most tropical countries as but little
inferior TO the common fowl in flavor
the alligator and the crocodile, ia all
the countries where they are found, are
considered fit for food, and are said to
resemble veal, both in appearance and
taste some of the tribes of southern
Guinea eat the boa constructor; in Cey
lon the flesh of the anaconda is esteemed
as food by the natives, and in various
parts of America the rattlesnake is pro-
nouneed capital food, and in Frsnce, as
is we'll known, frogs'are deemed a lux
ury.
What has been said in regard TO birds
| is quite as applicable TO the fishes of
| the rivers and the sea, snd there is
nothing very curious or alarming in
| employing any OF them for food, not
even excepting the varieties of shell
! fish. That some few of them are poi
sonous cannot be doubted, but these
are such awfuliy queer-lOokiBg crea
lures, are known by such Outlandish
names, and so rare, that they may be
permitted to pass on their way reiOic-
| ing. In the Shetland Islands, Holsters
and crabs abound, which the people
catch for the London market, but refuse
| to eat even whom hAlf-starved.
| English ePicures consider the john
! dory a delicacy, but the inhabitants OF
Devonshire, In England, and of Ire
| land, never touch them.
In Scotland an eel is rejected as If it
were a snake.
Along the coast of New England the
sword fish is heartily enjoyed, but IN
the markets of New York it NESTS with
| little patronage.
In former times the Creoles and the
| Indians of South America looked with
| horror upon a turtle, and yet IN the
! United States none but the rich enjoy
! The fare.
! But. when we come to consider the
| insect races, we fnd thst they furnish
more food delicacies than Is generally
supposed. The grub of the palm wee
/ viz is considered as something deli
/ cious In the West Indies, in Surinam,
/ and the Island of Mauritius the lsrvse
of the cocoanut beetles are enjoyed by
| the inbabitants of British Guiana. and
in Sozth America and Western Africa
certain mammoth beetles are eagerly
/ devoured. como specimens Of which, IN
/ former years, have been sold for Eng
I lish csbinets az the rate of ESQ; IN
Australia, many worms, bred IN de-
oavsd xvoo5 ave eolleetsd for human