The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1889-08-24

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ct i'd omrae genus. As darkaess comes
on the tables are lit up with lamps and
torches, and by the lamp light the
swarthy Mexicans and their dUsky seno-
ras make quite picturesque display.
They seem to do thriving business, and
their booths are we'll patronized, by men
of all colors, A. majority of their pa,
irons seem to be cowboys, or teamsters.
A prime favorite on the bill of fare is
chill con corne. 1t Itmight be described as
red hot hash. A literal translation oft
however will give better idea of 1t than
anything else. Chill con corne" is
Spanish for "pe per with meat" Not
meat, with pepper. mind you, but pep
per with meat, and red pepper at that.
Pepper is the basis of the dish, and meat
the trimming. Hot? Well should
perspire! One bait Of it administered
internally to man who had never used
any, would relieve him of n desire to do
anything but make an ice cream freezer
of himself for "a hours.
| Chill con corne has no attraction for
me. None whatever. | may possibly
owe my prejudice to this Mexican luxu>
ry to certain rumors I have heard con-
cerning its construction, I have been
told that the "cornie" or meat part of
the compound; is very frequently the
meat of the pelon dog. Well, I am
not at all in love with pelon dogs. never
knew but one man in Grenada or Mis-
sissippi for that matter-to essay the
4 role Of editor and proprietor of a pelon
dog, and he came to bad end. Judge
Roane gave him fifteen years in the
penitentiary. The pelon dog is the color
OF rat without any hair on it. He has
no hair at all in the place wherei it ought
to grow-or any ether place-except
few struggling brsitles on the terminus of
his caudal appendage. No, I'm not bit
stuck on the pelon dog, raw, in his ma
tural state. His being naked makes him
look like reptile. instead of dog. Now
dog-as you well KNOWS ccrnivo-
rous, digitigrade mammal. This may be
intelligence to some people, who but for
my generosity-in thus recklessly fling
ing away great threescornered chunks
of knowledge might have lived and died
and never haye known that dog was
anything but dog. The pelon dog, as |
have Just remarked, looks like reptile,
but he is not. He is neither oviporous,
or cold>blooded But don't, like him
in any shape. A great many people
hereabout do, however. but that is their
privilege. Everybody to his own taste, F."
as the cid woman said when she kissed
the COW. But if the "c0rne" was all
right, l still don't likcit. Without the
least interest to be profane, must de-
scribe it as too Internally hot.
1t has always seemed little peculiar
to me that the peoples of torrid zone
sh ould be especially fond Of red~hot
cuisine, The greatest pepper eating peo,,
pie in the world inhabit the tropics. l
should imagine that with the mercury at
| ll2 degrees in the shade they would
need no artificial aids to stimulation.
But it seems that they do from the
amount of red pepper they eat, and
seem to enjoy. The Esquimo, on the
other hand. will polish his t eth with
icicle on toast after swallowinga a quart
or two of trair oil.
Perhaps it is on the homeopathic prin.
ciple of "similia similibus curanter."
which is translated to some folks TO
signify "the hair of the dog is good for
the bite" But to return to San Antonia
and the Mexican delicacies. Another of
their luxurious edlbles is the "famale."
"Tamales' s'-for you never hear itspoken
of in the singular number-are corn meal
dough, seasoned with red pepper and
salt, wrapped up in a corn shuck and the
end tied to secure it, then dropped into
a pot of boiling lard, and allowed to boil
|-shuck and all-until it is thoroughly
cooked. After being taken out and al
lowed to drain until cool, are ready for
the market. I have tried them and l
prefer the shuck to the interior. 1t ls
| true enough that shuck, even after 1t
has been we'll cooked in grease, is rather
harsh husky sort of diet, 50 to speak,
for anything but a COW. But then after
eatino few bundles of shucks you don't
, feel like you had swallowed a cross.eyed
{ mule with redohot shoes on.
The genuine thoroughbred Mexican
Mustang women that ! have seen here
, are dear delightful looking creatures
to blind man. They have complexion
: like plug OF tobacco. They all wear
: old black shawls wrapped around their
! heads. even in the hottest weather, and
!. he'd tightly under the chin with one
< hani. With no other head,covering, no
(: hat or bonnet or parasol, "they 60 IT In
the sun or shade, root hog or die" You
NAV see them in the hottest part of the
!, hottest day, trudging along the hottest
8 streets, with the tropical sun boiling
e down on their leather>colored complex
$ ions, and the perspiration boiling up out
: of the same, perfectly serene and pqncon
cerned Ever snon one of them vii
reach down and gather up the tail enc
of the old black shawl and mop TN
:. nerspifa,ieu out of ber eyes, and theI
. move on. It's all right guess, but II
. was The sun I would rather beam dowi
,e was Wy ~
Il on something else. :,
'e Not changing the subject any at al
,e lint L looks 10 ME from this distance lik
re- pol;tics in Grenada County was ge.tlni
- little shaky and unsettled. ! am
,e long way off however, and may not o. p
. able TO o;ssec matters correctly. ! yer.
h much regret that my absence keeps M
10 out of the political arena, this campaign % J
Z Tdesired to run for Congress this iall' o
# .rnstice OF the Peace, inst to keep m
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