Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1886-03-20
a CHINESE DINNER.


the House Of a Pekin Maehs''
member of a Bremen tradinG-h9''
,.tslv had the honor of taking dmH'l
with a Chinese magnate in feNln' u
has given an appetizing description @
the feast. The table was sci VIII
tuenty-tvo dishes and vas lit with Ten
LARGE lanterns, Instead OF being serve"
IN cour,e.. the dishes were brought III
one at a time and passed to the guests
,eyerally. beginning with the mo-
DISTINGUISHED or with the oldest. Inc
merchant has given a list of them, with
his comments. as follows: l. Doves
with mushrooms and split bamboo
nront,-dcllcious. ,. Fat pork iritteGS
Tor something like frittcrS) -%SpIehulu'
3 PIGEONS eggs in meat oro'h' inc
whites hard but transparent-very
GOOD 4. Chinese birds nests WIN
f~am.chips and bamboo sprouts "a
m~nrilarinous dish)-eNcellenl' o
ponltry, different kinds, cooked WIN
mushrooms and bamboo sproutS-NerS,
agreeable. s. Duck with bamboo n
| loTtus fruits, the fruits tasting ana look
inc like an o without It's cup
toIerably good. Z. Hogs liver irled N
castor-oil-bad. s. A japanese DISH OF
mussels with maladorous goldfish anu
Uncomfortable. g. Sea crabs taiIS
cooked in caStor-oil, with bits OF BAN
hoo and ham-would have been paIa-
tahle hut for the wrecthed oil. TO- a
STAR made of pieces Of fowl, bacon ana
dove, covered with white of eggg--Very
iuicy. IL. Slices of sca-lish and shark 5
fins, with bamboo and mushrooms
it was hard to tell what klla VI
n dish it was, but 1t was
rather bad than good. ~
G!blets Of poultry with morelS -t,,e
norrls helped the ribletS down ~
Ham and cabbagc-not particularly,
GOOD, II. Hamso of sucking pigs cooked
in their own juice. a pause now en-
sued. during which pipes and tobacco
were brought in. The pipes held abo"'
a thlmhlGfuI Oh loohN'V '"''1'
two or threc whifs and we were kept
busy filing and lighting them 10
Land.turtlcS with their eggs in castor
oil-abominable Is. Ends OF ham,
good. II. Breasts of ham with sour can
bage-no delicacy. Is. Stale egg
nhese eggs have been kept one mont
in salt and two months in moist earth
The white looked like burnt sugar an'
were transparent. The yolkS had
greenish color, and the embryos ap
peared dark, rolled together and pei
fectly recognizable terrible t'Sf
Dessert. Conserve of sitzon, a req ifuI
that looks like a shadbcrry. and taste
like a kind of currant good. DARK
green fruits having oval seeds like thos
of the plum, prs,rrved in brandy-goo'
Crabs tails cooked in castor-oII'
green. oval fruit with a long, hard see'
resembling 3 large green olive, bl
g, sharp and SOU and disagreeable to tn
European taste. Light cakcS-yeI
fine. Nuts, almonds and c%astor-o
, seeds. roasted and candied with sug'
good, even to the castor-oll seed
+ Macaroni with scsame-seeds and thre'
, cornered cakes covered with castor-c
!. seeds-passable. Various bonbons yer
/ moderate; baked lichis, The lichi
the finest of Chinese fruits, having
. white flesh with the taste OF the be
y erapes-excellcnt. Shaddocks ma
o DARN oranges-good. The only drin
/ were tea, very weak and without sue
r and samion, 4 rice-wine, which
d drunk hot like tea, and is wretch
q stuff Popalm Science M0ntbly.