The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1889-06-01
coNoERnlne eouRMErs.
The Varieties of Opinion as to the Dishes
That Arc ToOthsOme. --


| Tho Varieties of Opinion as to the Dishes
That Arc Toothsome.
The story OF Paganni and the turkey
was particularly good; but here is one
about Brillat Savarin, which think is
better: b. s. was fugitive in this
country three years from the reign OF
terror in France; he was fine writer
and better cook. 'I was on journey
from Paris to Lyons once" he writes,
"when l stopped ut Sens for dinner. ]
was as rabid for food as a wolfA-and
you may imagine my feelings when on
my asking the host what there was in
his lardcr, he answered: Little
enough Lets sec about that. said |,
as | went on to where perceived spits
perfuming the air. What do you think
| saw therep -Four fat turkeys actu-
ally four-browning to a turn! Why
said |, they're good enough for me
one of them, in factI But the host
said no. They were all bespoken by
gentleman upstairs. Perdil thought
l.; this gentleman upstairs must be a
second Gargantus! | will go up and
eutreat him for bird. And | went.
A1d what do you think foundP Who
was the glutton but my own son!
Father, said he, 'at home you always
devour the pope's nose, the choicest
tidbit of all the kings anatomy. L
never get one. ! was determined that
| would have a feast for once so | or
dered four turkeys. Now, as / only
want my choice morsel, you may have
the rest of 'em with pleasure.
One of the maxims of Hermion de
Ponsey, the greatest magistrate France
ever had, was that the man who dis
covered new dish is of more i'm
portance than the astronomer who dis
covered new planet, for the reason
that we have planets enough for all
practical purposes, while the palate of
civilized man is always yearning for
the things that make life endurable.
Vatel, the maitre d'hotel of Conde,
was the greatest cook that ever donned
chefs cap. His suicide, because of
the non-arrival of some fish to complete
great supper he was preparing, Is
charmingly told by Mme de Sevigne;
next to Vatel was Careme, whose me-
moirs have lately been published. Vatel
was born IN Rouen, Normandy, as were
also Bechamel, Robert and Merilion,
whose fame as masters of the culinary
prt is historical.
A genuine epicure has some peculiar
fancy of his own as regards cooking.
Sam Ward in his day was the model
diner out. and he had his Maryland
hams boiled with straw around
them. An Episcopal clergyman in
Poughkeepsie prefers them boiled in
wine. Judge Henry Allen considered
mongrel goose the greatest thing in
the eating line, and Congressman Scott,
of Pennsylvania, always wants to cook
his oysters himself. Secretary Bayard
is also fine cook, and, in fact, a great
many statesmen can prepare certain
dishes. Dinners in Washington are
generally delightful affairs as the pub
lie men give much attention to them,
and most of the diplomats are good
takers. The first maxim of the diplo-
mats is to keep good table and cul-
tivate the ladies.
Here in the United States our choice
is oysters, terrapin, canvas back duck
and turkey. A Greenlanders great
luxury is half putrid whales tail or
walrus liver; and trapper in the far
north has for relish beaver tail and
bears paw. They eat their rum and
chew their brandy, as everything
freezes, and an arctic sandwich is a
frozen slice of whisky between two
slices of beer. Porpoise meat was once
favored dish with the English no.
bility, but now there's no hale like
the Hinglish hale and no beef like the
Hinglish beef" A delicious morsel to
the Australian is kangaroo and the
wild dingo. The Ottomacs in South
America eat clay as n luxury but with
some people, even in our own Southern
States, it is necessity. Baked ele-
plants trunk, palm worms fried in
their own fat, roasted spiders and mice
are the favorte dainties with the tribes
OF Africa; and the natives of the West
Indies can abide anything but a rabbit
stew. In China the diet is sharks fins,
birds nest soup, ducks tongues and
the chrysalis OF the silkworm after the
silk has been wound from it. And so
on throughout the entire world, each
nation having its particular special
ties. Hartford Times.