The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-06-16

nualfy off Kurrachee near Bombay, for
their back fins, which are the only ones
| used.
In Arctic regions the yielding tallow
candle is grateful to the palate OF the
| Esquimaux, which having eaten he
carefully draws the wick between his
teeth TO save the remaining morsels OF
fat.
The greatest luxury OF the Green
lander is half putrid whales tail, and
next to this comes the gum Of the
whale, which the Tuski call their sugar
and which British officer reports to be
delicious. tasting as much as possible
like cream cheese.
In more temperate regions the dog is
a fovorite dish, not only among the
Sandwich Islanders but with the Chi
nese, who regularly fatten 1t for the
table.
STEW OF PUPPIES
is dainty meal to an African OF zan-
zibar.
In Canton, the hind quarters of dog
are hung up In the butchers shops next
to the hind quarters Of lamb. but bear
a higher price. AS for rats, the negroes
OF the West Indies and Brazil, the New
Hollanders, the Esquimaux and many
other people esteem them most fit food.
In Canton rat soup Is thought equal to
OK tail soup, and a dozen rats are worth
two dollars.
The nest Of the Hirupedo escuIenta,
which is thought so delicious morsel
by the Chinese and Camboians that the
finest white nests are worth In Canton
nearly twice their own weight in silver,
is found chiefly in caves on the shores
Of Java and the neighboring isles. 1t
resembles externally ilI-concocted,
sutr SIod nd oh Hor zyb In,
color with red tinge. It Is nearly the
size Of goose egg, about the thickness
Of silver tablespoon and weighs from
a quarter to half an ounce. Those that
are dry, white and clean are the most
valuable. They are packed in bundles,
with split rattans run through them to
preserve the shape. They are procured
from caves, at much peril to the takers,
twice year; and the opening Of the
caves on these occasions Ia performed
with many singular superstitious cere-
monies. The best are sent to Pekfn for
the use Of the celestial court and bring
in Canton no less than $4,000 per picul Of
1888 pounds; about 100000 pounds are
brought to Canton every year. To pre-
pare them for the table Is most tedi-
Gus and
LABoRIoUs PERFORMANCE.
Every feather, stick and other impur-
ity is first carefully removed, and then,
after undergoing countless washings,
the nest is made into q jelly, which
serves to thicken soup.
Eggs form an important article OF
food among all known races. The
English are great egg eaters, and re-
ceive from France annually 10000, 900
and from Ireland 1870, 900, 900 of eggs.
In China duck eggs are great article
Of consumption. The ostrich egg is
equal in contents to tWenty-four COM
mon hens eggs, and is great prize to
African sportsmen. In some Of the Pa
highly esteemed, and In the West In
dies the eggs Of the guiana, which is
after all but a lizard, are thought del
icacy. The eggs of the alligator are
eaten In the Antilles. Turtles eggs are
in great esteem wherever found, as we'll
by Europeans as others. The turtle,
that beast 30 intimately connected with |
the welfare of city governments, is a |
delicacy OF quite modern repute. At the |
beginning Of the last century 1t was |
only eaten by the poor In Jamaica. |
leans and Englishmen, but no one |
thinks Of eating loeusts. Yet these last
form welcome meal to many tribes |
and nations, and all travellers who have |
tasted them bear witness that they
make toothsome dish.
Ants are eaten Ia many countries. In |
Brazil the largest species are prepared |
with sauce OF resin. In Africa they |
stew them with butter. In the East In
dies they are caught in pits, carefully
washed like coffee. and eaten In mouth
full afterwards, as children eat candies
or raisins. A curry Of ants eggs Is a
very costly luxury in Siam; and in
Mexico the people have, from time i'm
eaten the eggs Of a water in
sect which prevails in the lagoons Of
that city.
The Ceylonese eat the bees, after rob-
bing them Of their honey. The African
Bushmen
EAT ALL THE cATERPILLARs
they find. The Australians are noto-
rious maggot-eaters; and the Chinese
eat the chrysalis Of the silk worm after
they have wound the silk from It's CO.
coons. The diggers Of California fat
ten themselves on grasshoppers.
The African Bushmen and the savages
OF New Caledonia are very fond Of spi-
1ers roasted. This singular taste is not
unknown even in Europe. Reamur tells
of young lady who, when walking in
her garden, used to eat all the spiders
she coulQ caLcn ana the celebrated
Anna Maria Schurmann, ate them like
nuts, which she averred they much re-
'embled In taste. Lallande, the French
astronomer, was equally fond Of them
and a German immortalized by Rosei
lsed to spread them on his bread in
stead OF butter.
Among oyster-eating people the
Americans take the head, and New
York Is the greatest oyster market in
he world.
Snails are prime luxury in Europe.
The French are large consumers, but
he Viennese are the principal snail
'aters OF the world. At the town of
Jim, on the Danube, great quantities
II snails are fed for the Vienna market,
hose which have been fattened upon
bringing the highest
prices. Sixty thousand pounds of snaiIs
re annually exported from the Isle of
Jrete. At Cape Coast Castle the great
African snail, which attains length of
iDhf ipaf,na ia into uo,1yo tn