Omaha daily bee., 1885-03-23

living of the American people would be
reduced S11, 600, 900 or $40, 900, 900 per
annum, for that amount of horse flesh is
thrown away every year. Added to this
must bethe item Of reduction In the
price of rival meats, which the Introduce.
ion of horse aesh would bring about. All
this Is sacrificed for an Illogical, unreas-
enable, silly prejudice, in a day and age
when preiudices has no business
to exist. Horses ale clean,
far clesrner in their habits than
the average animal which IS considered
edible. They are particular about their
food, and It Is of a nature to make good,
finely favored flesh. There is no reason
on earth why you shouldn't eat your
horses instead of turning them over to
some street railway company or ash man
to kill for you"
"How did you come to get inters sted
In the subjectq'
''1t was during the late war. | was
on the other side, you know. Like
thousands of others L gave my stomach
an Introduction to mule meat, which |
regard as inferior to that of the horse,
l like it, however, and finally came to
eat 1t In preference to beef or pork. |
revived the old acquaintance In this line
in Paris during the siege. Before that
event the Parisians had eat but sparingly
of horse, and 1t was used as an article of
diet only among the lower classes, but
the siege and its privations taught them
the virtue of equine diet, and they re.
tanned the before despised article on the
,,Art, FrNr, YrnTn.nran n1A-o Ella A.
necessity for " had ceased"
Have you tried any other peculiar
kinds IF food?'
"Well,-yes-some. You remember
that Bsysrd Taylor had an ambition to
get hilarious on the national drinks of
the various countries he visited. My
vagary was somewhat similar. [ have
tried nearly all the national dishes from
Yankee pork and beans to the locusts OF
the South African Bushmen and the ana
conda steak of the Amazon Indians.
"Snake steak ia not bad. The msat Is
white and savory-a sort of CROSS between
frogs legs and veal. When | ate it l
was the guest of Don Almedo Jocsds, q
trader in bark-Peruvian bark, you
kuow-whlch comes from the upper
Amazon. We Fad just got through
with q course CT roast peccary when
this new dich WAS introduced as scme-
thing especially choice. The steak had
been wrapped ia large leaves and roasted
with a few oily nuts snd a pepper or two,
to give 1t richness snd flavor. | enjoyed
1t hugely. At the conclusion of the meal
my host told mo 1 had been eating ana.
conda. was rather glad that he had
not mentioned it to me before, for while
/ wanted to taste il, the act would have
cost an effort had / known what it
was"
"Did l ever eat dog? Certainly.
That Is the Sioux national dish. /
wouldn't slight America in anything.
The dog flesh that l tasted was so burned
ard smoked that 1t was difficult to per.
ceive any distinct flavor, though it
suggested squirrel. l am told that a
young, fat puppy, properly roasted, is as
juicy a morsel as any n could desire.
"There are many cats devoured in
France that any one not posted would
believe. | have eaten cats more than
once. Thers are no distipguishable fea.
lures between cat pot pie and rabbit pot
pie. In fact, when 6 Paris restaurant if
you should discover thst the fore legs OF
your hare are of the same length as the
others you may safely put it down that
peace reigns In some ones back yard. But
there is one dish with all my experience
| can't worry down."
"What il that!'
"CrOw."