Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-01-16
The Food of the Ancients.

The diversity or substances VIC uuu..lu tuo
catalogue of articles Of food is as great as the
variety with which the art OF the science OF
cookery prepares them; the notions OF the en-
clients on this most important subject arc worthy
of remark. Their taste regarding meat was
varicus. Bet they considered the most sub
stantal food, hcrco it constituted the chief
pouiishmeut Of their athletae. Camels' and
dromedaries' .sh vas much esteemed, their
heels especially. Donkey fish was in high re-
pute, and tho wild ass brought from Africa was
compared to venlson.
In moro modern times we Gud asses fatted for
the table. Tho hog aud wild boar appear to
have been held in great estimation. Their
mode OF killing swine was refined 10 barbarltg
az 10 epicurism. Pigs we're slaughtered with
red hot spits, that the blood might not be lost;
stufiog O pig with asaietida was luxury.
Young bears, dogs end tcx,s (the latter more
esteemed when lcl upon grapes) were also mucn
admired by the Romans, who were likewise 50
food OF various birds that some consular f.ni-
lies aisu ned the o3Mcs OF these they most al
mired. Ca!ius telis VI how to drown fowls IN
Fal,rnaD vine TO render them more lucous ana
tender. Pnca3aots we're brought over from
Cochis, and esteemed at one tiae such rarity
tnat one CT tHc ItotonieS oi'te'H iaui'n'O u''
heviog never tasted any.
| p.ac,ct, we're c,rctuIiy reared Ia the Island
| r. Sar,ns and ,l6 .t sunh a high rrico that
| Earr0 informs US that they fetched yearly up
ward OF 80 00J Of cur money. The guinea
fJsl WAS considered delicious, bat the Romacs
knaw not the turkey, a gilt which England
owes to the Jesuis. The ostrich was much.
rcshed; Hesisob4lus delighted in their brains.
and Apicius especially commcnds them
H. H. :. :; So -, naa;,n.s ha owos hi. f.ttaned
that II IS 70 lhe anci9h'S 'i' OWES us ia''Tuou
goc5a aol DUCK nVer-'hc iHes.inau'o .o.es
grss OF France. Thc swan was also latteneu
bu rho R,n,aos, who i:s5 deprvad it of sight,
ID oronzu VIZ bv M mnans dismissed by
au0 olHoe' "s'o " w
pc!SoSs U! TASTE ,,
| Nhia tnc l9a:hIftu cTc1'i?u was uooin' ~
10 turn part ot aucisaG u1'!Shis, .he "a'eio
i.hss were ipm9rlal:z,9, The carp w5s cdu
Gated 10 their ponds, and rendered SO tame
ira. II; cai9 " Ts At'va i aI - t"I Ls v,oa The
nn,o'o fane of ,Ss % ramorev il generally Known, and
sturgeon wss brought to table with triumphant
pomp; bur tho luTG1t, cue OF which was brought
toDomitisn from Anc9n,' was considered sueh "a
SPLENDID present ins' r1is u hed n
1nS vnS'e diutingS,ib,d cs,ororv smong genteeI
Gshes that .hree of them. although of ANAL sizs,
were known to have fetched upwards OF 81 UVo.
They were more appfecia't = HHon io nhon ;ho
ave ana stsIby aoT1I i1 tbe sntcios.ed do
i;'.ht nf os,inS tham b7 gnzipr on the diving
r?csIu-a rs hechsngsi cJlor lixo az expiring
Iolnhin. Snni!s were also & great dainty. Full
vius uorpinus WAS imnortslized for the discov..
cry Of the art OF fsttenIns them On meal and
o!her articles and horace morn; Us tney ~9le e
r,sb up' ~ u;nn nysor: ware sent from Eng
[e,.n pon, 49, frEz.r mvstcrs wnro much
extoied ,.to S .'''
Grasshcppefs, locusIs and various lnacc.5 Wero
equally acceptable 70 our hr;L gastronomlc leg
i;stors Acorns, s,nlist TO nose no@ & es:en tba ,a
Spair aoau brdHgDt bti t,cno Tanl.s and T.ren,um.
, u does not spps,r thai the arcients had great
variety in tneir vegetable diet; condiments to
s!inu s:s the sluggish appetite seemed to be their
principal research.
Noo., c,,oor. 49, N,cV,uov- sort
No O'h ~'''i, "a go.
OF huGCr s!ems 10 DC cAtlac'ea Wy lue Onali
, var; Of pafi, cut Of lh, regcidal mania Of
F,,o,c tn, Cba,;yari gives the summary of
&c rolIops.
,,n 81 ,Lo r,trr, =. N, rv,r
to ST. Petersburg, pruIeniial measures have
, been taken. Three hundred police agents nave
, ar yea itoin hosco". Lno sa,t,'On ~. al ''0
ne.sIovl'os .r ''0Ip' 49,, - Ibe rotnrn or ths
8 H. ,opo.j;, ,bn nol;c, have takon nre.
D Eupelot W no.mu' 'A' viz ners,ns susnactcd
oausG s.oo;aiis,o h,y, haon arr,sted. Troons are
oohoIanaI so a, m nrotecr. rte.
"Ttalv-To vinv rf tha return of King Hum.
hart IA Roma careful measures for security
oe[t 10 IN n'ne, saIN' A. tbn station manv de-.
nave oesn pt9'!.su ., 1 "a -, nol;.o hava heen
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