The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-09-22
Norsels Of GastronomY.

It is a wise man who knoweth white
bait when ne is called upon to taste of
it.
Frog LEGS, soft she'll crabs. and sea
snipe arc now included in the luxuries
of the season.
The continued high price of beef
causes terrible slaughter of ancient
and superannuatotl chickens.
Francateili is authority for the state
ment that the palate is as capable and
nearly as worthy of education as the
eye and the ear.
A scarcity of oranges of good size and
quality is complained Of, but lovers of
lemonade viii be glad to know that
good lemons are plenty.
Epicures contend that the best wav to
eat asparagus is cold with dressing of
oil and vinegar To eat it hot they de-
clare TO be an abomination.
Discussion upon the subject of drawn
VS.. undrawn poultry has subsidized alto
gether. Nobody was victorious. and
the sale of undrawn poultry goes brave
ly on.
''Show me q man eating lettuce,'
said Lord Beaconstield, land / will tell
you what manner of a man he is" The
highest epicurean authorities all agree
that to cut lettuce is to ruin it.
Blanc mango of olien 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
strawberry shortcake sold at restaurants
The 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 at the Brunswick, to
whom the waiter brought whipped
cream for his strawberries. Il didn't
come in here to get shavedr' and he
waved his hands deprecatingly, ana
repeated, Take it awayH'
He who talks with his mouth full.''
said DIR. johnson, rarely has anything
valuable to communicate Considering
DR.. Johnson's own table manners this
was queer speech TO make. but still
some one of US would do we'll to remem-
Der.
In one of her recent articles on cas-
tronomy, Miss Juliet CorSon described
a soup made of white wine, eaten cold,
and which she affirms 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 at 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-
PETITIONERS have withheld until the
weather was of a kind to make people
appreciate it. The names for the new |
creams are fanciful. The people will |
soon find out for themselves whats in |
3 name?'
In Berlin lately noted Professor,
who devotes more or less of his time to
gastronomy, gave a 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.
Restigouche 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.-NeU York Mail
md Express.