New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-29
= SMALL HOTEL IN ITALY.
:, .pprr,z,NG STUDY OF CUISINE.

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,,,ss AID WISDOM MANS srAiVATloN'
.~c,s,nxA CORRESPONDENT OF TiIE rEiBuNEl
p%.r,,,rA Italv Feb. 15.-One of the very
- tlnVs which an American comes across III
~. ;orrrevings about Europe is an lialan country
-, that is a hotel located in small Italian Guy
.hcb las not tie good fortune TO possess a lam'""'
.a,hodr,l. nor leaning tower. nor picture R"'Vi9
srd which consequently is not place lnu'h N'Nn'"
- ,o,r,sts There is such "A hotel III Cartaia' " "
-, lax an cx-hycry-Stahlc man. ana S''"''''"
. h'r' ho natronize the house inclined to THINK
w., ,he landlord is very like tine veterinary phy-
- -, Who doctored man and horse ont Oh one
SCI his only rule being to give the man just BAH
h~e,s Dose Generally however we are very
III conteuted having become accustomed 10 iHc
- Of the house and country, aud having a''h-
- a. hopeless our laundering for good American
food ..noo o,J
We have two meals a day besides our c""'' anu
iii in the morning the first meal. called "r'aN-
5as. served at about II O'Clock, ana the o'n'''
dinner of course. coming on nj about "c'"'N !"
Tho evening When 90 i'll TO breakfast we ask
sWhat is thcrc!' To which the waiter Ie'u's
aWhat do you want mlncSira 10 pesih VII"
Mincstra is the generic name Tor an Sor'S" VI sup
md maearoni Under the head of mincNtra one
may have a dozen kinds of macaroni, cach c''"''
IN n dozen different ways; or he may have i very
,veot vegetable SOUP n sort of libel on our eNc'I'i'
Ct Jnlicn. or he NAV have something called r1Souo'
very like curry of rice with the curry lcit out nc
frruuently take what is called " httie haHS III
broth" the paraphrase of which would he N'r'"
cell soup' After the mnc>tra, the wall "'"'"H
us that We can have roast beef becist'dN' cu''''
boiled meat fried fish, to translate literally 'N
phrase veal III dampness.' This last dish Is very
rood-sometimcs. 1t isn't that unpleasant thi"I
that chilling moudy thing which its name world
IL. - .anlf in Al W
have cheese and fruit. And that is our breakfast
AN ITALIAN KITCHEN.
thinner is little more of a meal and it is con~ii-
reJ very discreet thing TO out into the Kitchen
a. ahout : o'clock 10 prospect little for II. New
conner, 70 Italy might not relish their dinners much
after such an antc-pTandal visit to the COOK I"''
lint give one a years experience here ana Hc NJ
comes terribly degenerate i'll the matter "l iaS'"-
;onsness Our hotel kitchen is a wonderful place.
Its walls and ceiling are rs black aS the II'ihS "I Il
coal hin: 50 that. going from broad ual H-n'
ouicklv into il. a person sometimes iahc'S 'il' I'
has suffered partial eclipse Of vision The main
portion of the kitchen is occupied 10y the c""N'hS
apparatus Ii i. pile Of buckwork about ht''"
nv eight feet rising breast high from the l"or Cut
into the upper surface of the pile are twenty live
fire nils each about foot square. bnllt Tor the
buruinc of charcoal and half way from The upper
surface of the pile to the floor are some ltt' ovens
Chimney there is none. In fair weather iti' COOK
opcns windows on either side of TIE rooll am t'
drancht carries on the smoke and gas. In h'l
weather the windows are closed and the smoke "i"
Gas have to take care Of Themselves PROM III" l"'>
of the cook and his assistant. should fancy that
goodly quantity Of the carbonifcrous cNhaIIt."n
finds IFS way NJ their noses. Ii can't be- very so"
way of committing Notwithstanding III clio room.
with a score of charcoal furnaces N fall blast.
Last night when | paid nv visit To the kitchen l
found the COOK attending To hig saucepan, 10
which were cooking the boiled meats ior IlHn' r.
There WAS what might Ne called chunk Of beet.
and a small beef tongue and liberal slice o. %
calls head all boiling happily together. licnleii
before the boiling pot had been fuller, containing "a
addition to the beef, tongue and call had
stuffed leg of pig and young chicken. II O.. c
was not strength ia the broth that came from that
pot there should have been. for certainly there Wa'
union enough. Speaking Of chickens arm GA 20
saw that our cook has not the habit which j, ui',
general one in Carrara OF serving boiled chm "'u-
with their heals ON. If any reader of THE l;R IL
thinks he has 4 fancy for CHASTITY things ci l...'
order his cook to ,eryc him boiled Chicncu villa
its head on for his next sunday dinner II when
the chicken comes to the table, he r>i>~ the temp
taton to open the front window ana to Ein- ti'
vile thing out into the street, he is Unmarried
man Of very sweet disposition.
HAsrY CHICKEN.
There are excellent chickens in Carrara, and hut
for the hase with which they are brought from ti'
ben-coop 10 the table they would hc very g10d 't.
Looking oui of hc hotel window into the ha d ,arl
one secs hen busily engaged with basin of ia'-h.
Almost IN a moment. in the twinkling of anclc t!ir
living hen is transformed into a roasted ,ar,.>,.
This may seem faucful and unreal. hut II Is
strictly true. One day, having very linIc'' iiho
in which to eat "a lunch and catch train i'r Lo2-
horn asked the waiter Of one Of on bot j, # lc
could give me Lt of broilcd chicken at short
notice. 4" ! am very sorry, sir said lc, - So
haven't chicken in the house. However, vel ,t
a very nice pigeon. How would yon lac .ii "
pgeonp "Very well indeed" replied. " b,i can
you give it to me qucklyP Yes, sir. y"n shall
have him in precisely twenty minutes b., tie CLOCK
a good pigeon, young, tender and plump. j. hci"
See for yourself SIR aud with thai tn watt led
the way to the kitchen. Show tine gentleman
that pigeon, cook" said the waiter. The cook
gravely picked up n brOomstick and began punching
under the table. and 10. there came forth my pigeon,
in the act OF hastily swallowing bit Of bread which
he had snai ched from his fced-bOX before fleeing
from the cooks broonstick. See what the waIer
had promised to do! Tie had promised 10 Nil the
dove, pluck him, clesn him in a cnrsory way. and
roast him. all i'll the short space of twenty minue-
pigeon isn't chicken, but il it had been chicken
the story would have been the same. By the way
doves to be very tame birds here III Italy. he
common people very apt 10 keep them ahout
their houses just people i'll America keep dogs
and cats The astonishing thing however. IN that
after dove has played around the house Tor ear
or two in the role of pet. there comes day when
the iat goes forth from the head of the house that
the bird must die and be roasted. OF course the
children of the family wander shout all day sprnk
ling the tile floors with their tears but IL generally
happens that they recODciled To their loss when
the roasting pigeon begins To send out savOry OdOrs
DRIED APPLE PIE OITDOSE