Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1886-05-28

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meat is anbdicr man poison is realized
in the opposite tastes OF people
The Englishman will not eat a squir-
rel, but will gloat over Il meal of barna-
Giles and periwinklcs. the latter species
of sea-snail that adheres TO the rocks.
The Hollandcr relishes II feast of de-
cayed shark, yet looks with horror on
bread and butter The japanese have
n prejudice against milk and beef but
will enjoy stewcd or roasted rat. The
Turks shuddcr at the thought of eating
oysters.
The Digger Indians of the Pacific
slope rejoiced in the great locust swarms
of 1873 as gracious dispensation 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.
auckland declares the taste of boa
constructor good, and much like veal.
Sir Robert Schomberg found monkey
very palatable, though he says that be-
fore being carved it looked disagreeably
like roast child.
OuuSS, VIC ltlllltIltNl CdDDtiEC W ttlNi
of the Russians, is their popular tipple.
II Is described as resembling Il mixture
of stale fish and soapsuds in taste, yet,
next to beer, il has more votaries than
any other fermented beverage. A tai
low candle washed down with quass
forms meal that it would be hard to
be thankful for
In Canton and other Chinese cities
rats are sold ut the rate of g dozen,
and the hind quarters of dogs are hung
up In the butchers shops alongside of
mutton and lamb, but command high
er price. The edible birds nests of the
Chinese are worth twice their weight in
silver, the finest variety selling for MS
much as $50 a pound.
The negroes of the West Indies eat
baked snakes and palm worms fried in
their own fat, but they can not be in
duced 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, n town on the banks OF
the Mississippi, "Musical Jack" or
fried rattlesnakcs decapiaed and
skinned, and showing a me; ls white
and firm as n chicken, is @tandard
dish.
The octopus, or devil-ish, wE.au boiled
and then roasted, is eaten IL Corsica
and esteemed great dclicacy.
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
popular everywhere. though up to the
commencement of the last century tur-
tie was only eaten by the poor Of ia
maica.
Ants are eaten 10y various nations.
In Brazil they are served with resin
Gus sauce and in Africa they are stewcd
with grease or butter. The East In
dams catch them in pits and carefully
wash them in handfuls like raisins. In
Siam curry of ants eggs is costly
luxury.
The Ceylonese eat the bees after rob-
bng 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 crysalis
of the silk worm
Spiders roasted are a sort of dessert
with the New CalcdOnans.
The Viennese are the great snail
eaters in the world. The town Of Ulm
on the Danube, is the principal place
where snails are fattcncd for the mar
ket Those which are fattencd on
strawberries command the highest
price, while 10000 are annually export
ed from the isle of Crete. The great
African snail, that attains II length o:
eight inches, is converted into soup.
Cocks combs are considered deli
cacy in the Paris restaurants, while the
Briton swallows shrimps in their en-.
tirety.