The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1885-11-26
Ma,im. of /. chine.s aourmaua.

Chinese cOihorY 10 not ~ b5N N ma
country az it once was, bu. 70 is quite
rs mysterious ~ ever. II ~ aaio 10
say, after .hoexporisnco Eng, ish people
had Of IL ~ the Health exposition last
yesr, that it ia not likely, Tor the pres.
emf at least, TO NO popuisr in this 0oun-
try. sharks' 6ns, birds posts, egga de-
composed on Al elaborate sysIom, do
not fulRll our notion Of table dcl!eS-
cies, yet tho Chinese hsve theic own
PHILOSOPHY Of diaing, thoir historic
chiefs. tneir philsnthr0plc g0nrmsnds,
who have HANDED down "a postarltY
the true prins!plCs o! dinlpg. Dinner
giving Is q science Hhigb IL csrsiuliY
cultivated IN ChiDat and tha .GDie LAS
there, IA elsewhere, piaye4 "a iTpor-
tant parb in politics. l.erl-
ture and att, \ dist ga:shUd
apostle OF this caIs YVES a cor
| tain Yuan NsG.sIai, Who lived 10 tina
last een .lryi SID who seems 70 hoy9
been the SHaHal Rogers vi his day, for
| he cIliyG.eq ID" muses. 40 q dtlel;ante
| fashion, and Ado UU,isCtaa around his
hoypitsbl0 hoard ell tho Celsbritieb Of
| tho time, lis rharR3.ar was aOt
wholly iTsgp r9ncAahle; BAT ne lived
uptil 'he wa 30 ycars Of ago, and lett
| b9biuG hlm cauldYY beck ia which.
he discussed cha bebi1at of TODD srd
drink frola 2 semitic Hnd sTtistic
point Of Wow.
Tho food being cooked, tho service is
! thn next subjsc: that comes to bs oon-
sldered. and ON ghis ae-d some OK
ocllan5 uounsells given E.egant icad,
| SAYS tGo writer, is no. % i.upor .aHt As
ELEGANT service. Everything on ia
table should no gcru DuiOuely Uiaau, and
tho various dishCS should be- sArU %
| in shair prOper order. For instance, salt
oil meats should pceceds those OF !.
mllder hSvor; chick food ehOuld pre-
sedo thin Oaes, sud foods without
gravy should prete5o those with
gr8vy. Five CONSECUTIVE dishes sh0nid
not DO ell salt; this would TAX Lha
stomach too severely. Tires OF the
tive houid contain either mustard or
Q ppog torecOvar the palats,. j Hsg az acid
and 5Weet thiggs phoulu DO used
TO prevent tho palate from he
ing duLea by tao much wine. This
regam lies Fomsebot Brillai-SayarIn's
die I'm: "In eating, the order should
ba irsna tho heavy TO tho llgbt; IL
drinking, fcom th9 light 10 b5a
hsaVy :" When the dinner iE
cooked and served She reat To-
J mains With The diners, and 20 rheSo
idr. Yuan dsv0tes several cheFArs.
Hig Grzt maxim is, "Don't eat win
your "2rs;" IA other WORDS, 90 we.
lave wha Nyor on have heard r. d
danny. DUnsulher," he Gays, ",n5,
well eDoksd bean cUrd il much nlcSr
than haE Y eoSse4 birds nest; and
that se& si1gs, II not good, are no.
equal TO ccLamon bamboo shoots. The
, fowl, the pig, tho hsh and the duck
thege are ii9 heroes OF the dinner Ia
: bic. Each has its characteristic HavGr
, and zach f1rlns school by itself
: Sen slugs lad birds' ncsts are hnt
. tbeig rotsiIers, having nothing
, Of th9ir eHD,. bug living
D as it we're, in other mems
\ houses" EEat Is, fish, pork and p1nt
- try form thp backbone Of the banquet
= the other ds,'ca1ise are meroly 10 se
of or improve thero. TO illustrate
this maxim, We relates that no ws'
/, onca inYiGSsi 80 Il 5anqust by cartaii
oiiieiel o. his a3qssiutance, whsr9 tb,
RIGS boGia 'Tare very large, end .esot
bowl held abpaE inur ounces OF birds
= rest, bus auto tiateless. Somebody be
= gan TO say sonaSJG n& 10 praise or th'
display, but Yuan laughed and said
~ came hero 20 ees airNe' nss', not tt
Il deal in ID wbolebal9, No% you mign
!. deal in this but you eouldn't eA6it. x
/ what is the use o. IL ell? IL only Z
make q show it would DO better to Ill
: your bowls with pearls, which WoRld
q cost more money, but this Is not eat
& ing" Chs philosopher was averse Il
, display; he loved little dinners.
Another maxim is, "Don't cat will
! your eyes" This is g warning to hoa;'
epsipsf providing too Hsry
/, e0urses. Ho frequently points on
how the different paris OF &pl
/, given food ara adapted and even es
ssusial in order to produce tho Ssst re-
I, sait from the whole. awe know" HI
I ssvs, "thst this yolk OF an sgg is rishel
: tasn the white, but he, is 8 fool wh'
/ eats only yo'ks and throws away
! whites" With regard TO Wire he il
very emphatic: "D9n't tako wine tot
a freely. Only a sober rsap kpowI
. right froDa wrong, and it is thS same
with food. 1t has been wiSe'y Oh
served that language falls to describe
J, the delicate nuaSces OF havors. How
then, should half-tipsy got knos
, ANYTHING about them? / have mykol
; often saan two men playing at guess
fngers' and shoveliRB IN their foot
, tho while, as though it waro so niucE
sawdust, sacrificing everything 70 tht
enjoyment of wine. No, ] Gay 1000
, frat and wine aftecward. Thus We
!, can enjoy hoth." He warns COOKE
against using hot-water dishes (whist
: have long beeu known in China), fol
, they desSroy the flavor Of any very
,, delicate dish [London Timss.