Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1890-04-24

beautiful and amiAble queen is o fragile
eater and has q distinct course served
for her. Well seasoned entries sud
cooks works of art generally please her
majesty.
''tiut the Joy Of cooks is her Majesty
OF KoumRnia the poetess queen OF King
Charles, known in the literary world a.
Carmen Sylvia This illustrious lady
says that the world does not know how
much it owes to the stomach and il ia
cooks who have made thrones rock ana
mOnarchs totter in their shoes. She and
the cook are almost comrades, and every
morning an hour is spent in earnest con-
aultation regarding the menu of the day.
Her majesty has invented several salads
and sauce combinations, and occasionally
cooks dish for the king with her own
hands. Tho King Of Roumania, like q
sensible man, agrees with his wife, but
being man of somewhat gross appetite
GOES in occasionally for midnight sup
pers-csrousals which the queen does
not attend.
1.-The queen regent of Spain says the
only thing she cannot adopt In her sons
Kingdom, is the national taste in eating.
She hates onions, and the reason she per-
mits her ministers to smoke at cabinet
councils, and generally puts at her cigar.
cite herself, Ia that the reverend seniors
usually have breaths 30 impregnated with
garlic, that tobaooois necessary to keep the
queen from fainiing. She ests sparingly
of plain baef, mutton and chicken, and
likes soup and olRret with every meal.
| She seldom touches ten or coffee, or
bread, and is fond OF glass of beer after
riding or driving.
"Klng Christian of Denmark wont eat
veal, pork or lamb. He is almost vege-
tartan and likes salads and cold vege-
tables for supper aud breakfast. He
drinks champagne and coffee.
PECULIAR FADs OF ROYAL DINERS.
''An eccentric eater ia King Charles Of
Wurtemberg. He hardly eats at all dur
ing the day, but likes o long meal Of sew
eral courses served at midnight, rather a
trial to the digestion of his courtiers, who
sup with him in turns. He is fond OF
liver baked and served with veal stuiiing.
He never eats or drinks anything except
a oup Of coffee and roll, until he has
been up and about for nearly half the
day.
THE Regent Of Bavaria has an inordi-
nate fondness for fish. HIS favorite dish
is huge goldfish stuffed with sausage
meat and apples.
"Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria takes
the prize as the most eccentric OF all the
sovereigns, great and small, OF Europe.
His bread has to be made after a special
recipe OF the late Empress OF Russia,
which she sent to the mother OF the
prince, Princess Clementine. Chickens,
ducks,a and otner birds, have to be plucked
and kept in ice for three days before
cooking, and beef and mutton are never
served unless in the form OF ragout OF
hash. II the pritc il to have fish, he
likes one OF the servants to bring Il alive
in basin for personal inspection, and O
small pond. full of various kinds Of shell
fish, is under the special supervision oil
his highness; sea water bsing Artificislly
introduced at great expense, as il has Ia
be brought in huge barrels from a lora
distance. Like Luoullus, Prince Ferdl,
nand thinks nothing is too sacred for The
stomach, and pie of linnets ia not Of
unfrequsnt dish at the palRo, OF Sofia
AS great Rlutton a. Ferdinand II
already provsrb with the Bulgnts.
Last, but not least ia this account oil
royal CATERS" concluded MIR. Boosey, 'il
: His Ho mess Leo XIII. He Is dear OLE
gentleman, and eats because nature de
mands it, that's all. He ask wheneya
bis wishes are consulted, for someihiu,
=. soft, with plenty OF gravy and it'll,
; claret and water. II ohends the poalif
to be served with any part of bir,
4 which suggests its form in life, the leg o
wing, for instance; consequently, poultr,
and game are never put on tue table bn
portions of the breast are placed ba'or
!. his holiness, who, by the way, invsrabl,
> eats alone. |! is contrary TO religion
: etiquette for the pope to share mea
with anybody, even brother monarch
II king calls OF the papal dinner hour
. he is served in separate room with hi
Q suite"