Arkansas weekly mansion., 1884-03-08
Qucer Appc.ites.

tn old savin- tina, what is one man 5
meat is another mans poison Is real
lied in tha opYo>it ta-teS of copic.
III. Englishman will not eat a : uir-
rel, but will gloat over Il mea! OF barna-
cleS and periwinklcS. the ,a.teF :: species
of sea snail that adhercs t. the rocks.
The IIollandcr rcli~hes Il feast of d.
caved shark. vet looks with horror on
bread and butter. The Japanese have
a . ciuice a-ainst milk and beet, Dat
will enjoy Strwei or roasted rat. The
Turks shudd.r at the thought Of eating
oysters.
he Digger Indians of the Pacific
slore II ,ocnh IN the great locust
swa.ms OF 40 as a g ac;ous dlsocn =
ton pf the Great spirit. and Ia q IN
store of dried 10 ust pow der sufficient 20
il :or years.
The Fren h will eat frogs, snails and
the diseased liycrs OF geese. but draw
the line at alligators. auckland de
ella -rS the taste of boa constructor good
and mu.h like veal.
sir Robert Schomberg found monkey
very palatab.e. tho oh he says before
carving It locked disagreeaby like roast
child.
Cuass tie fcrmcnted cabbage water
of the russians. is their popular tipp!e.
Il is described a resembling mixture
O; stale fish and Soap-SuGs III taste yet.
next to b e., il has more votaries than
anv other fc~n,cnt"l beverage. y tai
low candle wa>hrd down with puaSS
forms Il meal that It would be hard TO
I G thankful for.
In Canton and other hincse cities
rats are sold n til" rItr of two dollars n
dozen, and the hind. quarters OF dogs
are hunr mp in the butcher shops along
~I.lc of mutton and lambs, but command
Il higher price. / h. edible bird, nests
of tn. Chinese are worth tWic" their
wci"ht in liver. the finest varict, sell
inc for as high aS thir. V dollars Il pound.
The negroes OF the West Indies eat
baked snakes and pam-worms fried IN
their own fat. but they can not be IN
durcd 10 eat StcNci r;e1. its In Mexico
parrots are eaten, hut trc fathcr tough.
The tfuach0S o the Banda Oriental are
in the habit Of hunting skunkS for the
sake Of iher flesh.
In kaSEiaSk.a. Il town on the banks of
The Mississippi, Musical ,Ia"k. or fried
rattlcSnakrs, deca! fita;ed and skinned.
and showing Il meat rs white and firm
X 4 chicken, is a standard dish.
The octopus. or d"v.l-iiSh, when
boiled first and then roasted Is eaten in
Corsica and esteemed Il great dclicacy.
IN llt ati!ic ISiIfltS 'tLti W c>U iH-
dies lizards cgr> are eaten with great
rII~to. The natives OF the Antilles eat
alligator eggs, and the c-cgS of the tur
tie are popular everywhere, though up
to the commencement OF the last cen
turv turtle w.S only eaten by the poor
If .jamaca. Ants are eaten by various
nations. In Brazil they are served with
Il rcSinoi.S sauce. and i'll Africa they arc
Stcwed with grease OF butter. The East
Indians catch them in pits, carefully
wash them. and eat them in haudfulS
like rais;ns. In Siam 4 curry OF ants
cgws is Il costly luxury. The cyioncsc
eat the bees aftcr robbin@ them o; their
honey. tat,rpillarS and spiders are
,3ainties to the African bushman. After
they have wound The six from tive
cocoon the Chinese eat the chrysll;S of
the sill--worm. Spi,}cls roasted are q
sort of dessert with the New ale
don ans.
The Nicnncsc are the greatest snail
cn'c:S in the world. The town of Tim.
on tn anube. is the principal place
where ~nail~ are fa!tencd for The mar
k"t. Those which are fattcncd on
Strawberries command the highest
prices. while t",oDb pounds are annual
" export .d from the Isle OF I rctc. The
great African snail. that attains Il length
of eight inches. is convert 1t into soup.
Cocks combs are considered Il ieiicacy
in the FariS re-tnurantS. while the Eng
lishman swallows shr mpS in their en-
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