Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1886-04-02
Queer Appetites.

Tho old saying that what is ono mans
re,t /, another mans poison Is realized
n tbc oppositc tastes Of people.
Tbe Englishman will not eat asquirrel
h.,t ,,ill gloat over a meal Of barnacles
and periwinkle', the latter a species OF
., .nsy that adhcres to the rocks. The
uollander relishes feast of decayed
.bark vet looks with horror on bread
and butter. The japanese have a pre-
inJi,e against milk and beef, but will en-
;ov stewed or roasted rat. The Tulks
JGu5da al the thought Of eating oysters.
THE Digger Indians Of the Pacific slope
roioiccd in the great locust swarms Of
ts75 as gracious desperation of the
creot Sp;rit. and laid in store of dried
iacn;: novdcr sufficient to last them for
several years.
Tbe French will eat frogs, snails and
the diseased livers Of geese, but draw the
line at aligators.
Buckand declares the taste Of boa con-
.trctor GOOD. and much like veal
Sir RoSert Shomberg found monkey
ycrv nalatablc, though he says that be-
f,rc beino clrved it looked disagreeably
like roast child.
Ouass. the fcrmcnted cabbage water of
lbc Russians, is their popular tipple. 1t
is described rs resembling mixture OF
stale fish and soap suds in taste, yet, next
10 beer. it has more votarlcs than any
other fermcnted beverage A tallow
candle washed down with quass forms a
meal that it would be hard to BE- thank
ful 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
HING up in the butchers shops alongside
If mutton and lamb, but command a
higher price The edible birds nest Of
the Chinese are worth twice their weight
in silver the finest variety selling for as
much as thirty dollars a pound.
The negroes of the West Indies eat
baked snakes and palm worms fried in
their own fat, but they cannot be induced
to eat ,tcwed 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 banks Of
the Mississippi, "Musical Jack, " or fried
rattlcSnakcs decapitated and skinned, and
showing meat as white and as firm as a
chicken. is a standard dish.
The octopus, or devil-fsh, when boiled
and then roasted, is eaten in Corsica and
esteemed a great delicacy.
In the Pacific islands and West Indies
l. NTH
The natives of the Antilles eat alligator
eggs, and the eggs of the turtle are popu-
lar everywhere, though up to the com
mencement Of the last century 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 stewed
with grease or butter. The East indians
atahthsu in pts carefully ..sn Sasa. aasi curry
OF ants eggs is costly luxury.
The Ceylonese cat the bees after rob-
bing 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 a sort of dessert
with the New Caledonians.
The Viennese 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 market. Those
which are fattened on strawberries com
mand the highest prices, while 60, 900
are annually exported from the isle of
Crete The great African snail, that at
tains length of eight inches, is CON
verted into soup.