Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1884-05-28
Queer Appeiites.

The old saying that what is one mans
meat is another mans poison is real
lied in the opposite tastes of people.
The Englishman will not eat squir-
rel, but will gloat over n meal of barna-
Giles and periwinkles, the latter a species
of sea snail that adheres TO the rocks.
The iollandcr relishes feast of de-
cayed shark, yet looks with horror on
bread and butter. The japanese have
prejudice against milk and beef, but
will enjoy stewed or roasted rat. The
Turks shudder at the thought Of eating
oysters.
The Digger Indians of the Pacific
slope reioiced in the great locust
swarms of 1875 as n gracious dispense.
ton of the Great Spirit, and laid in u
store of dried locust powder sufficient 10
last for years.
The French will eat frogs, snails and
the diseased livers 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 disagreeaby like roast
child.
Suuso llAc llltultu NultI
of the Russians, is their popular tipple.
II is described as resembling mixture
of stale fish and soap-suds in taste, yet,
next to beer, ii has more votaries than
any other fermented beverage. A tai
low candle washed down with quass
forms n meal that it would be hard to
be thankful for.
In Canton and other Chinese cities
rats are sold at the rate of two dollars n
dozen, and the headquarters of dogs
are hung up in the butcher shops along
side of mutton and lambs, but command
higher price The edible birds nests
of the Chinese are worth twice their
weight in silver the finest variety SELL
ing for as high as thirty dollars pound.
The negroes of the West Indies eat
baked snakes and palm-worms fried IN
their own fat but they can not 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 tho
sake of their flesh.
In Kaskaskia. n town on the banks Of
the Mississippi, "Musical jack or fried
rattlesnakcs, decapitated and skinned,
and showing meat as white and firm
rs a chicken, is standard dish.
The octopus, or devil-fsh, when
boiled first and then roasted is eaten in
Corsica and esteemed great delicacy.
In the Pacific Islands and West In
dies lizards eggs are eaten with great
gusto. The natives of the Antilles eat
alligator eggs, and the eggs of the tur-
tie arc popular everywhere, though up
to the commencement of the last CEN
fury turtle was only eaten by the poor
of Jamaica. Ants are eaten by various
nations. In Brazil they are served with
rcsinous sauce, and in Africa they are
stewed with grease or batter. The East
Indians catch them in pits, carefully
wash them, and eat them in handfuls
like raisins. In Siam curry of ants
eggs is u costly luxury. The Ccylonese
eat the bees after robbing them of their
honey. CatorpiHars and spiders arc
daintes to the African bushman. After
they have wound the silk from the
cocoon the Chinese eat the chrysalis of
the silk-worm. Spiders roasted arc n
sort of dessert with the New Gale
| domains.
The Viennese are the greatest snail
eaters in the world. The town of Ulm,
on the Danube, is the principal place
where snails are fattencd for the mar.
| ket. Those which are fattencd on
strawberries command the highest
prices, while 10000 pounds are annual
| w exported from the Isle of Crete. The
| great African snail, that attains length
of eight inches, is converted into soup.
| Cocks combs are considered delicacy
in the Paris restaurants, while the Eng
lishman swallows shrimps in their en-
trety.-,St. Louis Post Dispatch.