Sierra County advocate. [volume] (Kingston, N.M.) 1884-1960, 1886-04-17
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QUEER APPETlTES.


some OF the "Delicacies" Consumed In Va
rious Parts of the World.
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 squirrel
but will gloat over meal of barnacles
and periwnkles, the latter species of
sea-snail that adhercs to the rocks.
The Hollander rclishes a 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 rejoiced in the great locust
swarms of 1875 as a gracious dispcnsa-
ton of the Great Spirit, and laid in
store of dried locust powder sufficient
to last them for several years. The
French will eat frogs, snails and the
diseased livers of geese, but draw
the line at alligators, Buckland de-
carcd the taste of boa constructor
good, and much like veal Sir Robert
Schomberg found monkey very palata-
BILE. though he says that before being
carved it looked disagreeably like II
roast child. Quass, the fermented
cabbage water of the Russians, is
their popular tipple. 1t is described
as resembling a mixture OF stale fsh
and soapsuds in taste, yet, next
to beer, it has more votarles than
any other fermented beverage A tai
low candle washed down with quass
forms a meal that it would be hard to
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
butchers shops alongside OF mutton
| and lamb, but command higher price.
! The edible birds nests of the Chinese
are worth twice their weight in silver,
the finest variety selling for as much
as thirty dollars u pound. The negroes
of the West Indies eat baked snakes
and palm worms fried in their own fat,
but they can not be induced to eat
stewed rabbits. In Mexico parrots
are eaten, but they are rather tough.
/ The Guachos of the Badda Oriental are
in the habit Of hunting skunks for The
sake of their flesh. In kaskaskia,
town on the Mississippi, Musical
jack or fried rattlesnakes decap-
tated and skinned, and showing
meat as firm and white as q chicken, is
standard dish. The octopus, or devil
fish, when boiled and then roasted, -
eaten in Corsica and esteemed a great
delcacy. In the Pacific Islands and
West Indies, lizards eggs are
eaten with great gusto. The
natives of the Antilles eat alli-
gator eggs, and the eggs of the tur-
tie are popular everywhere, though up
TO the commencement of the last cent
ury turtle was only eaten by the poor
Of Jamaica. Ants are eaten by various
nations. In Brazil they are served
with resinous sauce, and in Africa
they are stewcd with grease or butter
The East Indians catch them IN pits
and carefully wash them in handouts
like raisins In Siam u curry OF ants
eggs is costly luxury. The Ceylonese
eat the bees after robbing them of their
honey. Caterpillars and spiders are
dainties to the African bushman. After
they have wound the silk from the
cocoon the Chinese eat the chrysalis OF
the silk worm Spiders roasted are
sort Of dessert with the New Caledon-
ians. The Vannese are the great snail
eaters in the world The town OF Ulm,
on the Danube. is the principal place
where snails are fattened for the mar
ket. Those which are fattened on
strawberries command the highest
price, while sixty thousand are an
nually exported from the isle of Crete.
The Great African snail that attains
length of eight inches, is converted
into soup. Cocks combs are consid-
cred dclicacy in the Paris restaurants,
while the Briton swallows shrimps in
their entirety. Queer, quaint ana
! Qaizztcal.