The Lebanon express. (Lebanon, Linn County, Or.) 1887-1898, 1890-10-31
CENTRAL AFRICAN COOKERY.
Queer and PaIatabIe Dishes Eaten with
out Much Ceremony.

As rule only one principal meal Is
eaten in Central Africa, in the early
part of the evening. 1t usually con-
sists of parrot soup, roasted or stewed
monkeys. alligator eggs (also well
liked by Europeans), and birds of
every description. They also have
moambo, or palm chops, and fish. A
great delicacy. so considered by
Europeans and natives alike. is ele-
plants feet and trunk. These have
somewhat the taste of veal. To pre-
pare them the natives dig q hole about
five feet deep in the sand and in it
build a large fire. After the sand is
thoroughly heated the fire is removed
leaving only the ashes in the hole The
trunk and feet are placed in this hole
and covered with leaves. and after
wards with hot sand. In Two hours
they are done.
All careasses of animals which are to
be cooked are placed on block of
wood and pounded until every bone is
broken, care beirg taken not TO tear
or bruise the skin. They are then
boiled or roasted on an open wood fire
or in hot sand or ashes, without remov-
| ing the hide or feathers. The cooking
is of a very inferior grade. the only
spices used being salt aud pepper
The kitchen utensils consist of common
earthen or wooden ware. Very little
time is taken for setting or decorating
the table; knives. forks and napkins
are dispensed with.
Africans have several vegetables
well liked by Europeans N'gutti-
n'sengo is dish eaten all over Africa.
It consists of egg plant small fish
somewhat like our sardines and the
j AZ T.
| (called n'gutti), which have a knotty
/ appearance and often weigh as much
as twenty pounds.
As the latter contains poison. the
manioca is soaked in water for three
to four days TO extract the poisonous
substance. 1t is then cut and sliced
and small tomatoes are added. All is
| placed in a vessel with water and
seasoned with salt and pepper and
| boiled. Moambo, or, as the Europeans
call it, palm chops, is a SO afavorite
! dish. The palm nuts are first boiled
in water until the pulpy substance
/ loosens from the pit, then the shell,
which contains a very delicious OIL is
| placed in a wooden mortar and crushed
! to obtain the oil. Whatever the meal
consists of, meat, fish, mustels, is put
Ia a vessel, adding the oil and the
/ puppy part OF the palm nut, also red
| pepper and salt. and is boiled Roast
or boiled squash Qoenge) is generally
eaten with it. Sweet potatoes (m' balla
1 bengal are more farinaceeus and
sweeter than ours, but do not taste SO
| good. They are boiled or roasted.
| Bananas (hitaebe) weigh about half
/ pound each and are about Is incfes
long When half ripe they are cut in
! slices and boiled in water with salt and
pepper
N7sensi is little red bean. which is
boiled in water without salt or pepper,
1 and is freely eaten. For peanut bread
| (ehisulu)the peanuts are first roasted
and then crushed. This mass is then
rolled and put into the skin of a
banana. adding little pressure. form
ing it into body. 1t readily retains
this shape from the pressure of the
oily substance in the peanut.
A Sumter county. Geergia. man
recently killed seven wild turkeys in
three shots Three birds were killed
sat the first shot and Two each at the
! second and third shafs