Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1884-04-25
QUEER APPETITEs.
Strange Dishes served In DiGerent
Countrles---Snalls spiders. Rattle.
snakes, Monkeys and Other Dell.
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(St. Louis Post Dispatch. !


lSt. Louis Post Dispatch
The old saying that what is one mans
meat is another mans poison Is realized
In the opposite tastes Of people.
The Englishman will not eat SOUR.
rel, but will gloat over q meal Of barna-
cles and periwinkles, the latter u species
of sea snail that adheres to the rocks.
The New Hollander relishes feast Of
decayed shark, yet looks with horror on
bread and butter. The Japanese have
prejudice against milk aud beef, but
will enjoy stewed or roasted rat. The
Turks shudder at the thought Of eating
oysters.
The Digger Indians of the Pacific
slope rejoiced in the great locust
swarms of 1875 as q gracious disponsa.
ton of the Great Spirit, and laid in
. store Of dried locust powder sufficient
to last for years.
The French will eat frogs, snails and
the diseased liver of geese, but draw
the line at alligators. Buckland de-
clares the taste of boa constructor good
and much like veal.
Sir Robert Schomberg found monkey
very palatable, though he says before
carving it looked disagreeably like
roast child.
Quass, the fermentcd cabbage water
Of the Russians, is their popular tip
pie. It is described as resembling
mixture Of stale fish and soap-suds in
taste. yet, next to beer. il has moro
votaries than any other fermcntod
beverage. A tallow candle washed down
with quass forms Q meal that il would
be hard to be thankful for.
In Canton and other Chinese cities
rats are sold at the rate Of 81 dozen,
and the hind-quartsrs Of dogs are hung
up in the butcher shops alongside OF
mutton and lambs, but command q
higher price. Tha edible birds nests
Of the Chinese arc worth twice their
weight in silver, the finest variety sell.
ing for as high - $50 pound.
The negroes Of the West Indies eat
baked snakes and palm worms fried in
their own fat, but they cannot be In.
duced to eat stewed rabbits. In
Mexico parrots are eaten, but are rather
tough. The Guachos Of the Banda
Oriental are in the habit OF hunting
skunks for the sake OF their flesh.
In Kaskaskia, town on the banks of
the Mississippi, Musical Jack" or fried
rattlesnakes, decapitated and skinned,
and showing q meat as white and firm
Is chicken, is . standard dish.
The octopus or devil-fish. when boiled
first and then roasted, is eaten in Corsica
and esteemed o great delicacy.
In the Pacific islands and West Indies
lizards eggs are eaten with great gusto.
The natives of the Antilles eat alligator
eggs, and the eggs OF the turtle are
popular everywhere, though up 10 the
commencement Of the last century
turtle was only eaten by the poor
OF Jamaica. Ants are eaten by
various nations. In Brazil they
are served with resinous sauce, and In
Africa they are stewed with grease or
butter. The East Indians catch them In
pits, carefully wash them, and eat thsm
in handfuls like raisins. In Siam .
curry of sntr eggs II costly luxury.
The Ceylonese eat tho bees after rob.
bing them Of their honey. Caterpillars
and spiders are dainties 10 the African
bushman. After they have wound the
silk from the cocoon the Chinese cot
the chrysalis Of the silk-worm. Spiders
roasted are o sort Of dessert with the
New Caledonians.
The Viennese are the greatest snail
eaters in the world. The town Of Ulm,
on the Danube. ID the principal place
where snails are fattened for the mar
ket. Those which are fattened on
strawberries command the highest
prices, while 10000 pounds are an.
nually exported from the Isle Of Crete.
The great African snail, that attains .
length Of eight inches. Is converted into
soup. Cooks combs are considered .
delicacy in the Paris restaurant. while
the Englishman swallows shrimps In
their entirety.