Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-10-31

An ARTISTS breakfast IN Rome.
From the Fourth Waits, by f. D. Millet.
The menu of that breakfast would
craze a French cook, and the ar
rangement Of the courses was a
work Of great difficulty, involving
much general discussion. The trat-
torie of Rome had been ransacked
for curious and characteristic ma
tional dishes, every combination
of goodies that ingenious minds
could suggest was brought, and
plain substantials by no means
failed. In the hors d. @uvre, we
had caviar with an extra flavor be-
cause the contribution of a Russian,
Bologna sausage and dibbles of rad
ish, and, 10 finish pate di fois gras.
Soup a la iardinieye was announced
and was almost q failure at the
start off, because one very import
ant aid to the enjoyment Of soup,
the spoons had been forgotten by
the contributor. A long discussion
as to the practicability of leaving
the soup to the end of the meal,
meanwhile ordering spoons to be
brought, terminated in the employ
ment Of extra glasses in place Of
spoons and soup-plates. Then all
varieties of fish followed in rapid
succession Of small courses. Tiny
minnogs fried in delicious olive. oil;
crabs and eraw-fsh cooked in vari-
GUS ways; Italian oysters, small,
thin and coppery in flavor; canned
selmon from the Columbia river ;
bacala and herrings from the North
Sea; broad, .gristly flaps from the
body of the deyil-fsh, the warty
feelers purple and suggestive Of the
stain of sepia and of Victor Hugo
all these, and an abundance of each,
were passed around. An immense
Joint of roast beef with potatoes,
contributed by an EngIishman,
a leg of mutton by a Scotchman,
a roast pig from Hungarian,
the potted meat of Australia, and
the tasteless maDzo Of Italy, formed
the solid course. Next We deyour-
ed u whole flock of juicy larks
with crisp skins, pigeons in pairs,
ducks from the delta of the Tiber,
a turkey brought by an American,
pheasants from o Milanese, squash
stuffed with meat and spices, and a
globe or polenta from a Venetian.
At this point in the feast there
were cries Of quarter, but none was
given. An English plum-pudding
of the uDhealthiest species, with
fame sauce, % pie or two strangely
warped and burned in places from
the ignorance of the Italian cook
or the bad oven, pots Of jelly and
marmalade, fruit mustard, stewed
pears, and roasted chestnuts,
ekmekataif and haylah from a
Greek, a profusion Of fruits Of all
kinds, were offered, and at last
coffee was served to put in a para
grapb. The delicate wines of Fras-
catl and Marino, the light and dark
Falernian, bottle Of Tokay, one
of Yoslau, thick red wine of Corfu,
and the TASKS of the ordinary Ro-
man mixture-a little more than
water, a little less,than wine-Capri
rOssoand blanca, Bordeaux, and Bur
gundy; good English ale and por'
ter, Vienna beer, American whisky,
and Dutch gin, Alkermes, Char,
treuse and Greek mastic, made al
told a wine list for a king, and
presented a rank of arguments tC
convert a prohibitionist. This wal
no orgy that l am describing, sim
ply a Jolly breakfast for eighteer
Bohemians of all nationalities,
complex, irregular affair, but 70.
that reason all the more delightful
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