, 1876-01-08
EDIBLE INSECTS.
Ants, spiders, tarnfHs Hoettcst hees'
Butterflies, f.oc,l.ss, tirtsshoppcrst
Cm&orpllla<s, ussd auna4ss.

cuDn1cts c4HHs hFMtb 6teM u tn8t
Misn tlso ed ei.caippd ,si worm that's shut Ia
1irown ns his tooh: e 'n'th
Iala fattened In \ rtecc Of oo'li
Ifinsccts can bo 20 e aud, thc board of q fairy
king, why ahould mortals disdasn to cat thcm7
In far Iaste,n India, Of which wo hayo heard
puoh marvellous taiea In DAYS .ono by that wo
cu,1ll almost be,lcvo It to be the cnchsntu taud
whcro gold was to bc found already conod. and
wl,ero ttees boro iownts for fruit, tho inhabitants
do not dAlatn to 10 to tho ant, aud, after con-
sidoriug hor ways. to est her. For ht cortasn
boaauns Of tho gear, wheu lhe white nnte, tho
tfr,nitss oullgrAtc from QUO place to another,
natives They gather noar tho ant-his nnl
| haatllY dig two holes in the "aarth. house /; or
thc sido opposite tho wind q kettle ts paead:
s'nearod With al aromatic noto koNn ~ pssgef";
materials emitting vilo odor. THIS hastonh tno
| departure OF tbs anss which. 1t Hecns, nave tno
Bonso ot hfhe ana they hurry fr9m ;n t9Gis Nh & 10
It Ia filled. tho blnck men carry OIL and deposit
tho u1,l.lchy nuts On lot stonpl or metal plates
| wlore they hre phrchod.
powder, which ID sold az cheap lour. Tho ptoF |
mike thls into ca.es, which, largely eatan, givo
tho Consumer y rapid nud fasnl choiosa.
| In Africa thets IL not no mitch entqrprlto
shown IN ans.i,untiug. Tho natiyss wait 6n the
tosdora Of the rivers, into whis'. N .ho n"afos
nsaAon. shoals Of tho winged insects iHii. When
tho waters aro covered. tho black .noa pada!o
from shora iu t!1oir tiny canooB, aud skim tho
ants OF with c4labashes thou hurry bacs to
parc! tllelt prize, iilo coffee korno!st IN pots.
When. this Is done ihay cram them down the'r
! greedy t1lroats BY tho hAnolat, Hltloas 1uttueF
Alessnicr Won Humboldt telates that when
iouruoylng through South Alncrca, he came,
Ut the uloen os lifo5osno DAY. 10 t!e !naiam
their eyerl1lg meal. ThiB consisted OF o Thlto
pasta covered. with black sposa eaton hos aud
! apparently relished. Upon examination II prov,
J Cd to bo no other tlon d compound 81 ground
nuts and watos, which was tasot1se disl ~ the
} wllds Of the Rio Negro and Gnia1N. Tho hayos
Of tho csLes pleasant, bo'lg la!t B"oet' hnif
On account OF tue flavor Riren l'y THIS hcla no
lnEects ara often dAliled with ryo 10 flavor tho
cheaper blruiieH Of Sweden.
Let all tlIoAo WHO loyo the splderr oven tanning
it to MAKO its gosta.nar homo in their rooms, ~
l. member this to uao as IN Argument agatnat tho
!. tidy housewife who would Will eruel pfoom
destroy tho fairy palace an. i.s bde..shes hesin ~
l. lne Of tho East consider spiders dainties aud
y q Froncii naturaliat tolls III that ~ New Gaie-
Il uoula largo quantities Of sndcr about an mon
+ In lungth are eaS0rly sought for md devoared
= by the natives, nGsar they havo roasted them.
.r Keaumor relates OF deIicath young French lady
Ia that she could hover pasa hpue1 Ill hcf IatlY
Walking ~ nor st1sGy yo hGus sesns o.c she
ps Baw and quickly crnnchtug it,. dainty nlorscl,
D. tru.yl Hit ,boso WHO sro fond Of them say the,
u" tnsto like Aaz0l'nntn; aGu
90 Once thcse lirc.l q jols Tnuion.
rs Who thIckiy dbl teHprcad
r. With many fat aud Juicy aiAaer
ly Ilta Fraa'a good sosdcd broad.
j. anutabor Of er,,bs and larvn have been art
t. pro eatsn tho world around. The Roman lad'c
or OF shc later Empire, whon !nolilad 10 ieanheas
l. grew floely On tho cosss.s, tho gtub or catet
ad nilIar found In tho oAh-treo and to accord "it
as the BcnHuoua tdoas OF beauty rrovalent IN til
ho Euat, the sultanas fattan themselves by eating
Cd richly, cooAod grub which thsir slavos BRING +
he thet, In tropical Au,orice, or part!cnarly it, u
od Wcat rntlon ono haod not ba stonialed il aske
ho for il is there considered BY ep,eurcs to DO
dainty AZ frsss cas "te thagsht ~ t. sa 10
10 atc by tho lta1ans OF Terraclna, Or hg 9ra
nests are by tho Chiuesc: Tho Mo1ican Indian
tlstiil iiquor from this boet!e' hnd nso u az
10 stl1n,alhut. Indeod. 30 great iB tho denand 4
ih- thcnl that the catbsge-paln, Which aoouuds Q
,a. tho ielauds, particularly in Han Domingo,
ss bored to ontlce tho boalcs to depost their eEt
os, they measure y ineheB in length and
Tho circumference, Their body, whseh is OF LiuE
nu- yollow color, looxa Like pieco OF fat envelope
n.s BY thin skin and capped by small nnsk nes @
res salt aud 1loppef, anl oaten with dry rlvof1at
breatl, tlley graco many h Hayttan table.
Why should tlsey notl ARE say not sss coapls
tho Have TINY not doIleute and dcslcloas nasof
fdc- t!lo meut OF tho oEosslm boster, OF Inc 1904
st. tic g such thpt re should eat it's flesh with II
,,a, Isl, ID tho condition Of tie goose before
uIs 20 healthy Tint should pfofur i to the olsal
Isl body Of harmless grub whose ll!o 10 SUPPORT
81. By tho fsesl sweet Juices Of graceful palnsre
1r- Truly the l.omau aud HaytGBns aro moro aousti
lila aud less equcanllsh than wa.
IL. ..slons,sur Cob,Yeb. good monsieur. got Re
tho htppod oumblo bee on the top OF thistle a. u
UNI good mol,haur, Grip. ne tue honay-hnG; Hs
OF csro tue honey. bus break not. lwoud bo Il
aud to have yon oycrtown With honoy-bas, B1Eno
uau. 10 eayB fhe bawltched weavor In tho Nidsunns
mix Nights Dream; aud TIC People M o. a. Geylon, !,
theroby setting ). i noas pcfu!clouH oaaml'
which let us avoid. OF II wo must havo to eas
\ iu- tho ily kind, wo will Guy tho aromatic gall-hi
acr- 8cos rocky ioln, abu onefeo 1or bs'e III
~ Of crooked streets Of oonatantinople. :,
In III Island fhf away IN the south Iaeilo
was natives catch la1gu quantities ot basto'a'
or which, like tho auts, ate ro2seud aud oosen II
lbers their wings aro rubbed otf, and utter
aests consunaor las recovered from the fo# hos
wcro Bickucas thoy a!Uaya occasion. ,r
For- Among tho foik-loro Of tie 1lottcntolB
bag may ind this Legend, Far in tho Nolth-l
uI- dwci!a the gEeat mRhtcr"conjnfer. "ho. Wl.en
1aau- Wlshoa to confer benet!t on hts poople, r
II. oil away etoue from the mouth OF d certain q
thseo pit, and from It Issues host or wnH1d iness
!, q. Surrender themselves aatooa 10 tho hungry
hau,, sica.ls." Thrao MessonEors arc tbs lam
locusts Of which it Is recorded that John
on Of Baptist a.o, aud which 40 to-day eold "
lug cat,-!oatl n tho cticB Of Morocco.
With how much nt!oction the Aomans ~
OF tho l1Gn6ki y ~ Hktle "niAlSao t'e"%a
r&Hett | saya historian, "eo!eD3steo loF u"
leEAst- from most auciont tlHoB.
mt nf 'This Aane suuY MAJ so deDr 10 tho Gra
knoWl. a thnoorun Il soomrd IN rive lifo to tho bo
~ sste OF our shady groves aid acadcmio waikB
y, ,ni. conyoys 10 our ntn,ls the tdea Of pcrfs
happy TINT tusy heps 1Is tnsest IL e.
right aud gave It pct names, o.. Inc N!eht!nRa
3trari- the NymDbB" "6Week Prophet OF tho SUN r.
ronpt- s.Tho (nva of tho Muses.. Thou, After I'LL
EnT. ! 1.r;.t,lnr, ~ y afYerf,nn t}ey nte i'll
cago, AriatGo1e with a s1nnck Of tho lips. ea1
went Tho frr,aIa locrsts caught before tho 1epob
beinH n thnir orrs. ind frlod In s,qeet oil, "Qo
.oken; MIRA ni,xtM saacisgiuo s,tut "-"nt mich
1u1ncl ffhsv Mn ycry sweet"
with Huother naturalist eays when tho clca1u
subdu- 1cnvna tho oarti. they ara plump aud oily,
vclpp0 nne0 in making sour. bread IL aleo t1at
Ito to thcm and in Africa D kind Ut hwoos oaEo.
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