New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-05-22
TIE EPICURE IN J1M1TC1.
From Bclgraria.

mcat fruits Tor tartS, ami tOrtn. rev OF inc
native fruits will bear cooking The guaya, how
ever ~ an exception II can be- boiled INTO an IN
spid imitation of stcwcd pears Tho well-known
guava Jelly is almost ~ familiar IN England
as in the West Indies; but though very good
for children. it is too sweet for the we'll
regulated taste Of prudent adult, W
the other fruits by far the best are those men we
have all eaten from our childhood upwanl-pinc-
apples oranges, grapes and bananas. Inc new
kinds which the visitor tries at irst are only snch rs
are not worth the trouble of exporting After "A
while everybody settles down 10 regular routine
of orang-, aud pnrapplcS. he rest never appear
at table and wisely the -Our-sOps and sWcct-,Ops
faint, ,rkly things; the rstard apples are papy
and uau,cou0; the uaSrbcrrl'~ are very much lko
brown sugar and water, and the grdndlllas are
about ~ good ~ Oycrrlpc g0uNbrirrs.
Fresh ,oroauui-, however, frankly and cordially
! recognize. They are picked very young. before the
shell hlr had nr to set, and ar cut open 10y Sllcing
oil tIr top Wltha stout kullr. The ~altr-lor mas
| no, Set begun to get mIlky-i- then poured ont
into .nil. lf,r tumhcr aai drunk ~ once, With
/ a grateful lump Of American ice bOhbng mp and
down a.aIn.t tlr side. Nothing can be more de-
htinI- n.fI IIr thtruou. ter 90 so m the Slad"
nnd ...l .rrf,r 30 int. Il lor constant drink to
tLr 49, r.H-lHt water hirh under tlr suggestive
uan.S-" Of nnu-h0ct. forms ihr ~arl' Hi,rngr ot
most g....... lu4. holds. being mixed IN a big
por.u- I.l i,iHr. breakfast, and cfnptnd b'i"Ie
mtlf h. I.If dozen thirsty and hihui"u' Souls.
SIS Geo iI. i,4t ui the toooauut u Is represented at
this ,alIE Stage Dos hm Of soft Jelly linlhg the
-t.N vI. I- -,t,ns.,l out and eaton with spoon.
a. t, form % D. NOT iWlIsrefihl", and IT'S iaNOr Is
. m.r. d,lnlt, than 30 the mp" state. Indeed, mo-
boy lu t TROPICS ever dreams OF eating ripe cocoa,
b Itf- tIf NIA EAllltifN 10 lf N'HA AZ isnbiH'A
or ou-A inr tl'lr o llc ci'hr" nut t. inoth'rtN-
c,,ui Jaull,n product II grow on swollen siAih'
and It's hl-, BE- hlird with an intensely h'Hu Ju,''
80 puus,ut a. to burn the skin hen one touches IL
hut o., ,aI,lul manipulation with pair Of crackers
the kernel l-rNtrIctcd and roasted. AMI 40 luIhS .
decided addition 60 the limited stock ol dessert
fruits IN ia.tc % iali, under The Same general cate
cor, with pi-iI,u nuts which J.. about ~ mean d3
one can r,t 300 dos, riding that ludr5crahlc tlnug'
an unknown gu'iai"FJ s'ns2'l"n Ait't ALI Ia
| man has never eaten pcJrh, VOLUMES c"Hd not
tell him exactly wherein II d,fa from aii apricot OF
Ilr common tropical fruits of commerce are all 10
bc had pretty good. though not 40 good ~ IN Ing
land wlcrr We ct them from the w'liiill'd AH"Ir'.
I'm Jamai, 49, "a, 90 most very hit climates. they are
allowed Ia riii. too Wild. Inc mangur~ do not come
/ M tn bombay samples. The plnrapplrS are lar
| tho orange too PUPPY and not JulcY enough. but
there J., capital little passion Hover nun ii''h
and acid AMI LINES dtr certainty i lh"HHi'i, tlH
! better than our hahby European lemons. Nobody
who has once tasted them cNor cares iOi hANoIleS'
X,ni,s the Vegetables the first place belongs TO
| what the JainaIcau negro knows ~ hnMl-hlml'
! u,lcr the term hrcad-kind are included AL thu'r
roots and GuIt~ which form his stan 0 me- ~ bi'dd
dor- with the European 'iainl, 'in H., - IT,, ','' %
u,ur.t article ot food " eth the people hui rt' III,
several alternatives. such rs b'Id-II"It H"ho anu
! pIutaIu. ! have often NoIiii' WY 80. '.''
! i not iiaporcd for sal III mis- 'ouh,Ia'
! IL j. a very big tubcr. often "a lnh'h rs TWO
feet long and five or siN lh'h', ih'h' am "Il' UH
,,l, , .it,rt slice al time. When boiled anu tlrh
made up INTO lilc roast balls Drowned on tli' out
side II resemble, vary m'llf potato "hD that IL
. l.
i,,d lis apprarnucr good deal like that oi Tie
inside al "a roast chestnut but softer am less close
grained 1t J., not IN thu Least '"'''' ~ u..3 r."
ulr imagine: being eaten win meat, 'Nd''y my
i.,tnto,. II introduced into England, yains would
iia.r an agreeable variety al our tables ana th'h
have the duuhr ad vantage oi bring cry 'h'hP anu
i,,, ,n,ul alike There i no such thruS ~ AWAY
| OF guniny yam they are invariably snowy "hlt'
~, Gue and Ike flour itself IN texture. Sweet p0ia-
io,.- on the other haud-WhiC are not potatoes NJ
| ,,u lint member, of totally distinct family
much l,,s to be- rcconmcn drd. hrlt gram j. Ike
that at u very bad EARLY req kidney, ln'lI lhlht
Sweetness Is very sIckly, ana th'ir Favor SUlhIhSp
remind. one of q toasted Parsilp br'ad-liult' 100
m sht' ui It's pretty and tempting NAME II i'in1iH
,idy pour stun Ia eat. 1t never "rl"afH at "llt"
p-nplrs tables. being used only 10y thr I""I't
'laI. of negroes. 1hough It Il IN lat Hulti
It IL not in the least Swe" ana
M ia, d1 Of " ITl,,inr NM IT !. by baEie it in
AN oven and when II Is opened n display Nlarthy
interior with nutritious lrop'rl,N' NO "2n'i' Du,
not 10 be- rrlishrd 10y the pamiira AhEl"-SHAoh
,,I,tr Even the ucgrocs help IT down
with iayorIng oi NcNi"undhhu Siil, hNi,
aud consider 1t but ,thiIl-r1 100" 81
/ which blush to achuoW lcdg, nave never m'H,
ihr ohJcct OF an experiment. llahialn' arr nls I'M
coarse bananas not 80 sweet an us VIM :, ''
thrir way 60 Europe. and wholly wanting ID h''or
T,.tr,l with brown sugar they form iaVorltr sub
-fituic for pastry with Creole chldirh; ~hth -
th,. most dauming fact against the taste ana lht"hi-
,r,rr of the Creole, wlth which aln acquainted.
tuglI-h infants would vastly prefer ny NPIi,'N'
rl,i,urr to be- derived from >uhIlN SUE hHIg lh'I
tN II
ui,clv pretend ENJOY ne puauIhg "puUl ISN'T
the insult To their na,crut TNihruc l'uIt'9 "h,h
would be- Implied 10y an "I'T "l roa'l pN'l'aln'
NnliS.r, and boiled tuUup are The Only c"hrNah'
miNturc which could family adunbIale lis mex
pfrH,lhlr naSilnr~-.
FNLru + "a. milking of .oup, ought 10 have men
Toned the orhrn. ms l. % sort 81 P"i OF '"P'Hl'
,,hIch make, "a thirk and rather gluumoua P"'f'
not unilc Chinese binds -n'At. Inc ''''o
\. an incurred one but after iimc II bt'4Ih'H me-
enough The gummy c"nal-trnry T''muI7 "n" ."
good thick turtle More questionable !, me nh,|' q
bcautIiul scarlet Irult cooked a@ Nt9'lHp'; "'' i
too rich tor bilious constitutions. IL may ~ go
bollcally pictured ~ something lN, = u' ,,,,
bread siccp,d IN olive oil. lac nihrf
fable, are the same ~ our own, WIN lh' W
the American eggplant and thr last i 'i," ,, lii
The avocado pcar-in"lc "Itrh '"i u(I, nr,nar,d
gator is kind of natural salad AREA Pi' 49,
went the dressing Though cNirlhallf IN a.,
II has "A large stone inside ana tl1i'7 I'M r,liy
cumbcr. II is eaten with salt hh'l PiP', > ~,
,t brcak fast but II has the ordinary lp''
of tropical fruits aud il richer Than eI59i.S 'D'
for Most people however. are very i"ir ~, ~, in
strange ~ il may At Ht sIeht eAil piTuS , a.
the West indies eats very large urAlS' Il" "Iii'a
~ 40 hat that won must take food Freely 10 hlhn ~
for oS,s and tho appetite nae ~ TIC Ht'1 i
a great variety of dishes, as wen ~ ~ ~ ,iF Till
u,. OF thos very insidiOus capslcunlS aiiu Wv s
,norc drrious little red and yellow Dith-l"PlTi''
A few of these tempting fruits are pace, ~ ~, ta
cellars AT every meal and win lic nIItii' l,tv
flowers which invariably gnrhnh l1e taolI ~ laa3t
,,;,,cn ynses they give a general air OF pleasant
g,thctic refinement TO the Wh"e hIIailY No.,
breakfast Is n really solid ahd SlpS'an,iLai a,lf
n.ually nut of till half past ten of eleven nv
;,y,,t hunyrr LeuR stlli before the early morn
ING rantcr by cup of coffee III me ,L hst
IL some Times comes cassFa 'ahe vi" va ;Ila,,srs
Jotnaicau institutions made by the negro Nliasei go
5,,n tLe rnuvhIy-scTapcd meal of the arro"-ro"i
nlant. This meal IL rolled INTO INN pslc anu ,u
then baked harl and dry mi" ROUND enhtS ,nnnb
thickness of ~ Scoich oallhcai 'o'N' '
more delicate III taste.
l.. ooao roor Radon in the enjoy