Smyrna times., 1877-10-31
Maryland Cookery.

The Chesapeake has conferred upon
Baltimore the title of the pastronomir
capital of the country The fish, the
game and the reptiles of its generous
waters, and the traditions of the MARYLAND
Kitchen, have made Baltimore a Mecca
toward which the eyes Of all American bon.
ttEantS are turned with veneration that
| dyspepsia cannot impair. Places have
their dishes and eXult in them. New Eng.
land points with pride to an unsullied
record OF pumpkin-pies. New Orleans has
lts pompano, and boasts it much as Green.
wlch does its white-bait. In San Francisco
| you WIN the confidence of the Californian
by pralslng his little coppery oysters and
saying that they remind you of Ostcnd
penn 'Orths' or Dublin's Burton Bindins
and that after all the true taste of the
natives is only acquired in waters whore
there Is an excess Of copper in suspension.
At Norfolk the sacred dish is that offered
upon the altar of hospitality is the bon fish
The modest New Yorker, in the accrbity of
the lenten season, asks his foreign friend if
he ever saw anything like Tour shad." In
Albany you partake of "beef'' sliced from
Hudson River sturgeon q fish of which
outlets from the shoulders are served in
San francisco to excellent purpose as fts
dc S2le. Chicago has been heard to speak of
whlte-fsh. In Calcutta one inwardiy con.
sumes with curry. Bird 's-nest soup. made
from gelatlnous and insipid secretion of the
Sea-swallow, IS the dish Of honor at Shanr.
hal. But Baltimore rests not its reputation
upon the precarlOus tenure of single dish;
1t sits IN complacent contemplation of the
unnyaicd variety Of its local market and
calmly iorbds comparison. While the
chesapeake continues to give it its terra
pms, Its canvas-backs, its oysters and its
hsh. this may be done with safety: and
among the plcasantest rccOlections that a
stranger may have shall be those of a Mary.
land kitchen in the 'season." Visitors
from the mother-cotntry seldom overlook
1t and they have recorded their sentiments
ever since the old colonial DAYS. In these
days OF rapid transit it were strange if our
transatlantic cousins did not know moro
about it; and Liverpool receives many
crate OF canvas backs, many a barrel of
choice oysters, and many a can of terrapin.
cunningy packed in Baltimore. There
have recently been dinners given in Lon.
don and Paris at which every article of
food upon the table came from America.
Ii u. Lg1u'; n S.riJar tor Nor.
NASSAU DARKIEs DIVING FOR PENNIEs.-
here IS 4 nice little public square which
lies on the water side of Bay street, in Mas
sau tone Of the West India Islands, whore
are the court-houses, house of assembly.
Bank, and othersimilar places of resort.
Whenever we would go-on pleasant
morning, afternoon or evening-to this
square, to sit by the stone boat.stairs. or
to stand on the sea-wall and view the lovely
waters with its changing hues of green. its
yachts, Its ships, and all its busy smaller
craft, and sniff with delight the cool salt
oreGze That blows so gayly over the narrow
back OF Hog Island, there would certainly
come running to US two, three. or dozen !
little black boys with the entrcatv |
. Please, boss, give us a small dive" If | |
happened to have any change, and wished |
to see some funny work in the water, put |
my hand iii my pocket, and instantly |
every little black boy jcrkcd of his shirt. |
1t Is no trouble for the negro children to |
undress in Nassau. The very little ones |
wear only a small shirt and a straw hat. |
sometimes there Is not much muslin in |
TINS shlrt, but they are always particular to |
nave 1t come down low enough to cover
the breastbone. If find penny, toss |
II INTO the water. and instantly every
darkcy boy, clad in nothing but his scanty |
trowscrs. plunges in after it, Sometimes a
spry little fellow catches the coin before it
reaches the bottom, and it is never long
before some fellow comes up with the |
money in his mouth Sometimes when n
COIN IS not redily found, it is curious to
look down through the clear water and see
The young rascals moving their legs and
arms about down at the bottom like n lot
1f enormous brown frogs.-F. Il. Stockton
Scrt5ncr for Nor.