Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-02-10

The Germans ri New York have stores
in which specially Teutonic delicacies are
vended. Dried. or rather smoked. goose
is an odd feature of these Smoked geese
come from Pomerania, where their living
originals are raised in vast fiocks. They
are plncked for their down, and then kill
ed. cut in sections, very slightly sailed and
smoked. Pomeranian goose. however.
costs twenty five cents pound. and Is es-
teemed great dainty among German
epicures.
There are couple of stores here where
Spanish editles are dealt in. These con-
sist chiefly If nuts and dried fruit. Dried
goat meat forms favorite feature. II is
prepared very much as our dried beef is.
The Spaniards seem to rely more on their
peculiar methods Of co"king what they
eat than on any popularity Of the food IT.
self.
The peculiariiies Of the French food
stores are beyond scrutiny. The question
with regard to them is not what they do,
but what they do not sell. There is prob
ably nothing. from section Of boiler-iron
or . cObble-stone down to bent pin or a
broken horseshoe nail that a Frenchmanc can
not provide ADDRESSING for To make it appetiz
ing. An odd feature Of the French shops, to
an American, is the horse-meat department.
Thew all deal in horse flesh. both fresh.
dried and sailed. Horse-6esh sausages
made, or supposed to be made. in Lyons
and called Lyons sausages, are very pep
uIar. Sansages made Of compound Of
asses flesh. pork and veal also have an
extensive sale.
Sharks fins, dried, are sold in every
Chinese shop in New York. They are i'm
ported from China There are three kinds
Of which the best are the fins Of the white
shark. These are worth 80 pound.
The poorest kind. which il known as black
shark fins, is sold for half as much. and
even less Sharks fin is q popular dainty
among Cinnamon. II is sailed and dried
for export, and looks like a section Of
whalebone, when raw, but boiled in water,
a gelatinous substance is extracted which
is esteemed very savory. A species Of
stew made Of sharks fin, dried oysters.
rice and peppers is champion Chinese
dish. Dried oysters are ordinary bivalves
extracted from the shell. dipped in salt,
and strung on strings TO dry in the sun.
They come from China, and look for all the
world like figs. John Chinaman infinitely
prefers them 10 the freshest offresh oysters
be can buv here Mussels. conks and clans
are preserved by him in the same way.
The famous birds nest is also feature
Of any respectable shop in Mott street.
It IL queer stuff to look at for it rather re-
sembles gravel than anything vegetable
or animal, and tastes little like gum ara
bic. The nests. it seems, are dried and
rubbed into these fragments in the hand.
when they are packed for transportation
Birds nest is worth from 80 for the COM
moner variety to s25 pound for the best
It is essentially luxury, for pound of
it will only make soup for at most forty
people. so that it rates higher than turtle
soup in the dearest season. Another
dainty, which All Sin has to have imported
all the way from China. is dried cabbage.
Some score or so of contributors to a
French sporting journal dined. one day.
upon the ham and heart of lion, killed
by Constant Cheret in Algeria. The
flesh Of the lion was found to be particu-
larly firm and close grained. like that of a
horse. but although pronounced palatable.
IL only achieved what is termed success
destime. while the heart, skilliully pre-
pared with truifles. was unanimously vot-
ed tough and indigestible.-NeW York
NeWs.