The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-03-30

Ola or earthenware jug, of soup Just on the
fire. twas made of hot water and beaten
eggs, with plenty of butter, favored with
fennel and parsley, hard boiled eggs put IN
whole. Next cold boiled mutton was
served, with bit of cold turkey and two
sweet potatoes served on each plate. Then
came slices of aguacate, the oily fruit used
for salads. which is sometimes called ''vege-
table butter" Then cheese, arepa- cake,
and the weakest of tea We may remark,
en- PEASANT, that the Colombians seem to
have no idea how to make tea and drink 1t
mostly as medicine. The cheese is not at
all like that found in the United States, but
is white as paper and quite as tough and
tasteless. Arepa-cake is made OF crushed
corn and water, without salt or soda, baked
on griddle or in the ashes, and not unlike
Mexican tortilld.
After breakfast the time was beguiled by
gathering flowers along the banks of the
river, visiting the pigs and poultry, and
viewing the few sights of the town. AT
half past three o'clock dinner was an
nounced. This is
THE CEREMoNIoys MEAL
of the day and we marched out of the par
lor into the dining room adjoining, each
lady on the arm of a gentleman, the prece-
dence being given to the pair of highest So
cial rank or greatest age. AT each plate
was tiny bouquet, tied with blue, and a
pin in the ribbon with which to fasten it on.
In the centre of the table appeared fine
roast turkey, fianked by several bottles OF
wine, brandy, beer aud chiche. the latter
native beverage made from fermented corn
and supposed to be very STRENGTHENING,
The first course was soup, colored yellow
by some mysterious process and extremely
greasy. Then the lady of the house carved
the turkey, slice of which was put on each
plate, together with two potatoes, lump
of cornmeal pudding, a bit of roast mutton
and some aguacate salad. When this had
been cleared away we were served with
another kind of soup, called masamora,
which seemed to contain little of every
thing. Then came dulce, or sweetmeat,
of cornmeal well sugared, on the top OF
which appeared in white letters the name
of the house, "Juratena.n Afterwards
cheese was served with arepa- cake; then
chiche, in large mugs, villainous drink
that does not intoxicate, but stupeties; then
huge dishes of oranges, bananas and gran
adillas, followed by glasses of water; and
lastly coffee, with cigarettes for all who
desired them.
About eight pm. a third meal was served
consisting of tea, coffee, chocolate, or bread
and milk, as each preferred. There was
also cheese, arepa-cake, kind of dulce
made of guavas and some wafer cakes with
honey between them.
THE sALA, OR PARLoR,
is a long high apartment, showing the clean
straw thatch overhead. Its brick floor is
partly covered with straw mats and its
wide windows, with their shutters of solid
wood like the doors of barn, are draped
with lace curtains. There are some won
derfully carved ebony tables, with mirrors
in the bottom, brought from France; claw
footed chairs and sofas, upholstered with
crimson brocade; chromos on the plastereC
walls, bad enough to set ones teeth or
edge; a beautiful crystal chandelier (nevel
used suspended from an implanted bean
by two common iron pot-hooks linked to
gether; magnificent German piano and
half dozen ''tipleys," guitars and Other
musical instruments.
In the midst of this queer conglomeratioI
we had music and dancing until the 1--WE,
sma' hours" in course of which our Lint
host and hostess-she short, black-eyet
and good natured, he tall, thin and yer.
dark-peformed the 'sbambuca,' nativ,
dance, for our editication.
FANNIE B. WARD.