The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1884-03-18
Queer Appetites.


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 a SOUR
rel, but will gloat over meal of barna-
cles and periwinkles, thelatter species
OF sea snail that adheres to the rocks.
The Hollander relishes a feast of de-
cayed shark, Yet looks with horror on
bread and butter. The Japanese have
a 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 reioced IN the great locust
swarms of 1873 as gracious dispenSa-
ton OF the Great Spirit, and lad in a
store of dried locust powder sufficient to
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 saws before
carving it looked disagreeaby like roast
child.
Quass tie fermented cabbage water
of the Russians, is their popular tipple.
1t is described as resembling mixture
of stale fish and soap-suds in taste, vet,
next to b er, it has more votaries than
any other fermented beverage A tai
low candle washed down with quass
forms 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 a
dozen, and the hind-quarters of dogs
are hung up in the butcher shops along
side of mutton and lambs, but command
a 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 a 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 the
sake of their flesh.
In Kaskaskia, town on the banks of
the Mississippi, Musical Jack, or fried
rattleSnakeS, decapitated and skinned,
and showing a meat as white and firm
as a chicken, is standard dish.
The octopus, or devil-fSh, when
boiled first and then roasted is eaten in
Corsica and esteemed a great delicacy.
In the Pacific Islands and West In
dies lizards eggs are eaten with great
gusto. The natives of the Antilles eat
eggs, and the eggs of the tur-
tie are popular everywhere, though up
10 the commencement of the last cen
fury turtle was only eaten by the poor
Of Jamaica, Ants are eaten by various
In Brazil they are served with
q resinous sauce, and in Africa they are
stewed with grease or butter. The East |
Indians catch them in pits, carefully
wash them, and eat them in handfuls
Ike raisins. In Siam curry of ants |
'ggs is costly luxury. The Ceylonese |
at the bees after robbing them of their |
.oney, Caterpillars and spiders are
lainties to the African bushman. After
hey have wound the silk from the |
cocoon the Chinese eat the chrysals of |
he silk-worm, Spiders roasted are |
ort of dessert with the New Gale
lonians.
The Viennese are the greatest snail
alters in the world. The town of Ulm,
N the Danube, is the principal place
ghere snails are fattened for the mar
,et. Those which are fattened on
command the highest
rices, while 10000 pounds are annual
Y exported from the Isle of Crete. The
reat African snail, that attains a length
eight inches, is converted into soup.
ocks' combs are considered delicacy
l the Paris restaurants, while the Eng
shman swallows shrimps in their en-
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