Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-05-14
Queer Appesite..

Ihe Engiishunah VIII u0t cut squir'
rel, but will gloat over meal of barna-
cles and periwinkles, the latter aspecies
of sea snail that adheres to the rocks.
The Hollander relishcs 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 ut the thought of
! eating oysters.
The Digger Indians of the Pacific
Slope rejoiced in the great locust
svarms of 1875 as gracious dispensa-
ton of the Great Spirit, and laid in a
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.
auckland declares the taste Of beacon
strictor good, and much like veal.
Sir Robert Schomberg found monkey
very palatable, though he says that be-
fore being carved it looked disagree
ably like roast child.
Quass, the fermented cabbage water
of the Russians, is their popular tipple.
1t is described as resembling the mix
ture of stale fish and soap suds in taste,
yet, next to beer, it has more vOtares
than any other fermented beverage. A
| tallow candle washed down with quass
| forms meal that il would be hard to
| be thankful for.
In Canton and other Chinese cities
| rats are sold at the rate of two dollars
dozen, and the headquarters of dog are
hung up in the butcher shops alongside
of mutton and lamb, but command a
highe. price. The edible birds nest of
the Chinese are worth twice their
weight in silver, the finest variety sell
ing for as much as thirty dollars a
pound.
The negroes of West Indies eat baked
snakes and palm worms fried in their
own fat, but they cannot be induced to
eat stewed rabbit.
In Mexico parrots are eaten, but they
are rather tough.
The Guachos of Badda Oriental are
in the habit of hunting skunks for the
sake of their flesh.
In Kaskaska, a town on the banks Of
the Mississippi, "Musical jack" or
fried rattlesnakes decapitated and
skinned, and showing meat as white
and Irm as chicken, is a standard
dish.
The octopus, or devil-flsh, when
boiled and then roasted, is eaten in Cor
sica and esteemed great delicacy.
In the Pacific Islands and West Indies
lizards eggs are eaten with great gusto.
The natives Of the Antilles eat alligator
eggs, and the eggs of the turtle are pop
ular everywhere, though up to the COM
mencelnent of the last century turtle
was only eaten by the poor Jamaica.
Ants are eaten by various nations. In
Brazil they are eaten with resinous
sauce, and in Africa they are stewed
with grease or butter. The East Indians
catch them in pits, and carefully wash
them i'm handfuls like raisins. In Siam
a curry of ants eggs is costly luxury.
The Ceylorese eat the bees after rob-
bling 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 Caledonians.
The Viennese are the great snail eat
ers of the world. The town of Ulm, on
the Danube, is the principal place where
snailS arc fattened for the market.
Those which are fattened on strawber-
ries command the highest price, while
&C, 900 are annually exported from the
isles of Crete. The great African snail,
that attains a length of eight inches,
is converted into soup.
Cocks combs are considered delicacy
in the Paris restaurants, while the
Briton swallows shrimps in their ell
tirety.