The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1878-08-14

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: LECr THE CRUMBS AND THOSE VII
I EAT THEM-THE HALLEs E N
TRALEs AND WHAT CAN BE SEE
THERE--80,OOO WELL DREssEl
PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON GARBAGE.
PARIS, July 25th, 1873.
To the Editor of the Morristown Gazette:
: Among the curiosities of Pari
life are the small carts that call a.
the back gates of the embassies
palaces, restaurants. hotels and
great house in general, to receive
the remains of the dinners left, no
by the upper ten thousand only, buI
likewise by their servants and sold
every morning by the cooks to the
emmissaries of a race of costermon
gers whose stalls at the great mark
cts are furnished by these stale VIC
tuals. which have made their debut
on the tables of the wealthy. These
carts are closed in, but recognizable
by aIsort of chimney in the top which
admits of free ventilation. The
second hand raids are thrown pell
NELL into the carts, and are paid for
by weight. Imagine the appear
ance of this pot-pourrie called car
lequins" when it reaches the stalls
of the market. The first process is
the triage, or sorting, a work of no
small difficulty when portions Of
lobster besmeared with soup, must
be extracted from the remains of
fruit tarts, in which they are i'm
bedded. The most presentable NOR
sells are pared, cleaned. and laid in
dish; this process takes place in
some remote corner out of sight, but
the selection is soon completed,
and, strange to say, by IL o'clock,
these scraps, from the plates of the
rich, are eagerly bought up by
certain class of the poor who prefer
their savory flavor to more whole
some. simpler and cleaner food.
Whatever cannot be sufficiently
pared and arranged for human food,
is disposed of for pet house dogs.
Italian grey hounds, and such like
aristocratic quadrupeds. The bones
however found in these deposits are
laid aside and sold to the manufac-
turers of concentrated meat lozen-
gers; and by them, after having
been boiled down are got rid of to
the compounders of animal block,
SO much in demand by house pain
ters. But to return to the Arle.
quins; this trade Of buying the re-
mains of dinners is by no means a
bad one, many OF those who pursue
it retire at the expiration of few
years, on comfortable little incomes
OF four or five hundred year.
To witness the preparation of
food described. as we'll as similar
manIpulations, no less curious ard
interesting. it will be necessary to
60 to the great markets or HdlleS
CentrdleS, between the hours of four
and five in the morning. This great
market place is opposite the cele-
brated Church of St. Austache. The
cellars we'll worth seeing, they are
the receptacles of incalculable guam
titles of fish, fowl, meat, game,
cheese, butter, etc., and may easily
be visited upon application at the
Overseer's lodge.
The next branch Of this trade is
the bakers en- Vieuc. 1t is also quite
remunerative. To collect the crusts
thrown away by school boys, or
dropped by these careless youngs-
tiers in their play grounds, tramped
on. and, oftentimes, bejauled with
Ink or mud. has proved to be lucra-
tive occupation. The least filthy Of
these soiled and uninviting frag-
ments are bought by second rate
bakers, who after having had them
dried in an oven, sell them for the
''crute an pot" with which soup all
familiar with French cookery are
well acquainted. Furthermore. these
choice bits of old bread are cut up
into three cornered morsels which,
fried in butter. adorn some of the
vegetable dishes we enjoy at the
grand restaurants. But there yet
remains a mass of mud stained, dust
soiled scraps, which once were bread.
These, worked up in a motar and |
pulverized, are sold as the chdpelure
blanche with which outlets are dres-
sed. There still however remains
dust which it has been impossible to
work up. this is blackened in the !
oven, reduced to an impalpable pow
der mixed with honey, to which is
added a few drops Of peppermint,
and sold as an infallible cure for
tooth ache. for which agony it is
said to be quite as efficacious as any
thing recommended by the "facul-
ty."
Many of the most delicate dishes
found at the innumerable restau-
rants are concocted Of things which |
we would reject as garbage. The
soups especially, of which there are
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