The Meeker herald. [volume] (Meeker, Colo.) 1885-current, 1889-04-13
SOME STRANGE DISHES.
NOW UNUSUAL MATERIALS ARE PRE-
PARED FOR THE TABLE.

The POM Of NspI~s Delight In Sea rrsi-
in--u~.ixrhos Cooked In = Roman Ia
ver,-snsiis Of Agreeable iisvor-snAises
- Dinlcuis Question.
On tho whole. popular cookery has n
strong likeness to popular poeiry-h Is
full OF good Ideas imperfectly worked out.
Who can say, for example. what mos
tarda might become u tho fruits were
treated with little nioro care and per.
sonal consideration bcfors they were
placed In the mustard Al II Is. there In
u hint Of y new flavor about II which
human Ingenuity has NOT hitherto
brought fully out Kipe grapes picked
Ia vinegar. though their merits are well
known In southern Russia. havo never
received dus recognition In Eng
land. but these aro dclieaelcs rather
than food Tho fishermen all along
tho coast from Gaeta to Naples have va.
r.ous ways Of cooking fish which ara un.
known Ia the great hotels, Many Of them
arc Interesting md might DO attractive
but for the prrdomlna,ing hayoro of garlic.
Fresh sarilncs. erisply fried In oil. arc
quite admirable eating. but the fisher
men have discovered morn excellent
way Of dealing with them. They place
them Ia shallow tin. embed them In
bread crumbs. add few sayory herbs.
POUR n little good olive oil. squeeze y
lemon or two over thotn. and then bake
thcm over sharp FIRE. The result Is I'M
expected but not dlsasrrcablc, In some
town. and villages Of Northern Italy
snail binds arr treated with tho same APP
prreia,ivc kindness, They Hru roasted On
u splt leforo sharp iinc. and then laid In
pickle for a day or two nnl r.rs ell cold,
rsusrNL MATERIALS.
No one viii suggest that there IL any
thing common or unclcan Ia such food as
has L,cn mentioned; II does not even Dor
der on improperly. hut may hc frCcly en-
,nye.l by men nf all src's snl nations
IS soon u, one turns 20 unusual materials
national preIudic. Asserts Itself and the
ground becomes unsafe. In central and
n eonSltlcsall. par, nf northern Germany
the man who cn's a rabbit becomes .
social ou,cas.: Ia England many re-
spcciabl, citis,as indulge shanelcssiy
In this mild form Of dissipation The
Seapolitan poor arr no, n, r'il. dainty.
bat while dclishtins Ia ,eN urrhln they
look down with .eorn upon the talahr~so
b.raubp they eat sch rlnl7s. which. " ITup'
rriy cooked. hrc not very nasty Nay.
even la our own country then, wEs a time
when person, rcoiici \, frogs. now moot
Easllshmcn who have been TO raE, know
that. u properly trra,.l. they add a now
rcs, TO dinner. II not TO ITO,
Tho old prIud!e, against snsils s'lll
continues. vet ihcr' nrv C; least two
edible kinds which arr worthy 81 all ro.
.pcc, They mus, l., KEEP, and fcl clearly.
preferably GA vino leave. for tome tho
bcfoY, being used. bu, when this La, bsca
dome 10th sort, add q peculiar H;sI ns.S"'
able flavor TO several clear SOUPS. and ono
Of them when bollol. .hoprs,l small and
allowed 30 cool. greatly Improves any
rrcen salad. Do uo, let the Ea,iy reader
Imagine that they hsv, any resemblance
TO tho common I-rtwinkl",
.uos'Sa \ utpJrrod.
tisirr,ing l. good. nj least for q chsnrr.
81 IL used to 10 we'll cooked In a ANAL
u era In tho Ghetto Of Rome. TO which
{ lists frequently n.,1r'-d when their
spirits wrro high and ,h-lr funds low.
Ascending to al aged South Italian sports.
rian. they should l., killed Ia tho woods
aui Immediately skinned. and 'l,rn al.
i0wc,l H. hang Tor Tow hour. and. after
L,sns trti-s-l with their own qt.ills. 10
s'oIirfisS made ., yr.iiF- own '.a... tiRNs
chopped with hrrsierunbs and such rca.
sualn.: as suits the cooks taste OF cour~a
no one with a sense Of dcc-ney would
thin. Of eating a hedgehog whieh had
b-cn employed Tor months Ia hunting
black i--r'l~s 10 = CELLAR and was only
slaughtered hccsusc hs showed .i..;is OF
falling strength
Snakes nrr dIs1enl; question. Tho
furrr 81 civilization IL agains; them Ia
every way. though In few north Italian
towns they arc consiieyl dcliearic,. and
those who have eaten of them declare that
they Hn- superior TO -cls. an they arc lesa
rich and have morc delicate flavor. One
would ua; Ike To give an opinion without
some Practical experience. and no on, can
l., .Npcc,ci Ia travel to tho n-i.:hborhord
of Genoa In tho carly autumn for tho
uiryr purpose Of calling s'-wcd serpent.
Many other animals occupy similarly
dubious pcal;ion. Jays aud crows arc
said to make csecilcn; soup. even when
they gro well stricken In year,. though
,hrir icsh Is otherwise worthless, Bu,
WHY do We Err-Y, tho calf aud INJECT tho
fr,l; Why do No regard l-ar'- paws as a
dainty nnd roasted ca, rs crimg! Tastes.
Of course differ. but this Is not n matter
Of taste. but Of Imagination. There arr
persons who canine; cat duck and green
peas. and others who ARC unfortunate
enough TO find no charms In oysters or
caviarc-,hcy arr to h- Iiiici. not
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