The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1882-08-25
Norsels of Gastronomy,

II is = wise man who knoweth white
bait when he is called upon to taste of
it.
Frog legs. soft she'll crabs, and sea
snipn are now included i'm the luxurirs
of the season.
The continued high rice of beef
causes terrible slaughter of ancient
and SnpcranrGated chickens.
Francatelii is authority for the state
meat that the palate is ~ c1rable and
nearly rs worthy of education rs the
eye and the car.
A scarcity of oranges of good size and
quality is complained of, but lovers of
lemonade will be glad to know that
good lemons are plenty.
EpiGures contend that the best way to
eat asparagus is cold with dressing Of
oil aud vinegar. To eat,it hot they de-
clare to be IN abomination.
Discussion upon tie subject If drawn
undxa"n poultry has subsidized alto
gcther. Nobody was victorious, and
The sale of undrawn poultry goes brave
ly on.
''Show me man eating lettuce"
said Lord Bearonsiield, ..and will tell
You what manner Of q man he is" The
highest epicurcan authorities all agree
that to cut lettuce is to ruin it.
Blanc mango of ollcn times was an
altogether different dish from what we
have now under that name. and used to
include in its ingredients almonds, rice,
salt and even aniseed.
Some facetious writer declares that
the greatest puzzle of the age is the
ctr ,u, oh a, | A 4
Tho puzzle is to find the strawberry, and
thousands of people have given up the
search in disgust.
Take it away, take it away" said
the countryman ut the Brunswick. to
whom the waiter brought whipped
cream for his Strawberries. 81 didn't
como in here to get shavedr' and he
waved his hands dcpreratingly, and
repeated. Take it away!'
.'He who talks with his mouth full"
said DIR. johnson, ''rarely has anything
valuable to communicate" Considering
DIR. Johnson's own table manners this
was = queer speech to make, but still
some one of us would do well to remem-
Der.
In one of her recent articles Oh GAS
tronomy. Miss Juliet Corson described
u soup made of white wine, eaten cold,
and which she atlirms to be favorite
dish in Austria. Another wine soup
she describes is made one-half of con-
somme and the other half OF claret.
They have now ut the restaurant of
the Racquet Club cook famous for the
variety of ways he can prepare and
serve macaroni. Macaroni dinners pre-
pared by this culinary artist from
''sunny Italy" are said to be things
of beauty and genuine joys forever"
Warm weather has produced several
new kinds of ice cream, which the con-
fcctioncrs have withheld until the
weather was of kind to make people
appreciate it. The names for the new
creams arc fanciful. The people will
soon find out for themselves '.what's in
namc?'
In Berlin lately noted Professor,
who dcvOtcs more or less of his time to
gastronomy. gave n dinner party, one
of the courses of which was snakes
eggs. 1t is said that the company par
took abundantly, but how many were
obliged to call in physicians the next
dav is not recorded.
Rcstigouche salmon is abundant and
by some is placed at the head of the list
OF fish, forgetting sheepshead, red-snap-
per and sea-bass. just now the fish
market offers very large variety; and
with the high price of beef, houSekeep-
ers find it economical to add more fish
to their daily food.-NeI0 YORK; Mail
and ECpreSS