Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1885-11-10
THE COLUMN.

some q Us have bat vague IDEAS Of
Chinese cookery, thinking. perhaps, tha,
rats AMI mice are the principal food.
These extracts from a series o. papers In
the Cook.b By Wong Chinioo. may give Us
a diheren, idea q the customs Of the &c.
~lesiialss
"Toa Chinssc gentleman, a oondlment
means not the application Of an Internal
blister, bu, the use of something which
c~orrects OF improves a FOOD, or some.
thing which improves The physical con
dillon OF The user.
Thus saffron ard ginger have from time
lmmemorial been Known o. possess thcra.
psutic virtues, aud are used incidentally by
East aud West alike. IN cooking. how.
ever. one American In ten thousand uses
them, where one Chinese In ten thousand
does o n would be a hygsnic a. well
a. a ~gastrOnomlc benefit u some leglsla
ture would substitute these ior the black
and rcd pcpper In The average American
caster.
Most eoudi ncn,s. besides = charactcri.-
&c and usually pleasant favor, possess q
certain Vitriolic acfidlty. Careful boiling
90 scaldlug removes the latter, without IN
luflng The former. 49, To an Oriental
raw condiments are A. bartarous a. Il The
raw meat % the Abyssluisn TO The Caa.
casian. Since have been In The United
states. The only coudimcnt ! have ever
seen cooked wAs horse radlsh. Almost
everything Else was raw, Dry, and pulvcr.
ned TIE man Who gets a grain OF rcd
PEPPER In his eye can realize What Is goiug
on within him when he puts a spoonful %
thc siuf Ia bis soup or cntrvr. Hut what
admire most 90 AL In the cuisine " my
own and. l. The appreciation OF hygienic
avs Ia TIE selection of condiments.
There are 20 words 10 The knglish ian
guage 30 express tbs numerous condiments
employed In China Though their names
are uutranslAiAhic. their general nature l.
not One i q vehicle Tor lime aud CORES
ponds o. the line water % western drug
shops II j. used BY persons whose sSs.
tens are dcfcient In that compound, and
i also used on foods which grow In tfy,
sandy soils A second contains romhlnA-
uons OF phosphorus acid AM l. analogous
% acid phosphAtcs. It's employed upun
waisy vegetables ani l. universally taken
~ Old msn. ' Anoth r. pniscsofthy
feature 9. the usc % lemon. lime and or.
angc Juice. 10 place % vinegar. For thc
at named article have a mild hoffor
A. have seen IL male. 10 il ihe fccom-
POSED result Of BAT elder. spoiled wine or
poor spirits. 10 hAsAvllc smell ant Norse
taste. Ouly atsrrlhic poverty 90 pitanlc
Avancc could have Induced millions O. sub
siliute 70 TOT TIE delicious fruii acids nam
e. The peel Of these fruits Il also largely
usci lu the hast n IL dried aui used
whole or grated
Orange Juice and slowed orange peel
notably Improve tomstoes 50 lemon
Iaice ArA boiled lsmon peel make q rrp
grateful adiltloa q nearly al tlr lusipld
msmhefs 90 abe dsh klngi1m Ari at of
al. ore Wori nf TIE flsefs Anrrcaus
can hardly ladgc ~ tnc exquisite fttors
that acook can OBTAIN from rusc lraFcs
lis leaves. Cas.lA hgis. bcfgAmnf lrmpn
tefhfuA gcfanlum. sifaNnrffy shrub sni
thsIf thousand sisters. Too only appfparh
.n thr OcClisni 60 the use 90 these L. ln
49, aincts of rose aut rarIlit aui ~
y.nrgar solution nf mInt in which Nitc
lambs 40 drowned lrt al, or ucafIY At
of these f1Ncfs 49, of ought to he Fail
sole
AIeafof lhc ClIuoss water LILY has a
Nil fsynf. an snins sac fupl slta which
10 Is crokoi. ffom pas to lara green. ani
also supplies q large amouri uf vcgeiA I
gtIsilnr
Iuu.t tac iay NI CONS VIA a. the
best hossoms ne ts COmmIl ln Amer
ican kIplhrus A. ln ulsc o' The flsry
kIusiom Wu~o Cufsrnn.