Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1890-02-18
STRANGE DELic4ciEs.



anu Pickled Elephants. Feet.
A specteso OF bat is considered good eat
ing by the natives Of the islands Of the
indian Archipelago. Malabar, etc: it is
called by naturalists the edible bat. and
Is said 70 be white, tender and delicate,
but for all that 1t is a bideous beast like
q weasel, with ten-inch body, covered
with close and shining black hair. and
with four-feet wings, when stretched TO
their full extent
in some countries even the fox Is con-
sidered delicacy: in the Arctic regions.
where fresh meat is scarce, when judic-
iously made into pie, it is considered
equal to any rabbit, under the sane con-
ditions. ever bred on the SUSSEX Gowns.
But strange to say. the Esquimaux dogs,
which will devour almost any thing
else, will not touch fox. Cats and dogs
readily find purchasers and consumers
IN China. where they are hung up in the
butchers shops, together with badgers
lasting like wild boar-and other
sddities Of food In the South Seas,
too, dog is favorite dish, and a puppy
-tew is royal feast in Zanzibar: but
- - phAy IAN w Say Llldb WHITE IDR Is
eaten it is especially fattened for the
table, and fed only on milk and such
like cleanly diet.
The Australian native dog, or dingo,
Is eaten by the blacks, but by no one
else: and South African will give .
COW for good-sized mastiff. The Amer
lean panther and the wild cat of Louis
lana are said to be excelleni eating: 50
is the puma, which is so like veal in
favor that one hardly knows the differ
ence. Lions flesh, too, is almost iden-
teal with veal in color, taste and tex.
ture. Bears paws were long German
delicacy: and the flesh is held equal OF
superior to pork, the fat being as white
as snow. The tongue and hams are
cured, but the head is accounted worth
less and thrown away.
The badger tastes like wild boar; the
Australian kangaroo is not much inferior
better than half the messes which pas.
in London under the name of ox-tail
soup. flashed wallaby is dish no one
need disdain, and there is small species
of kangaroo as good as any hare ever
cooked.
An Australian native banquet is an
odd mixture. Kangaroos and wa1labies
opossums and flying squirrels. kangaroo
rats, wombats and bandicoots represent
the pieces de remittance; while rats, mice
snakes, snails. large white maggots
worms and grubs form the little dishe.
and most favored entrees A nice fai
marmot is treat-and why not? They
are pure feeders.
The muskrat of Martinique is eaten
though indescrihably loathsome to
European: but the sleek rats of tht
sugsr-cane plantations make one of tbs
| most delicate fricassees imaginable; 81
tender plump. Gle anly and luscious are
they. The Chinese are in rat paraaist
! in California, where the rats are enor
mously large, highly-fayored and very
| abundant, rat soup being considered BY
all right-mindcd Celestials TO beat OK
tail or gravy soup hollow. The Indians
| eat the beaver, which is said to be like
pork. and porcupine is a fine favorits
| with the Dutch and Hottentots of tn.
| Cape and with the Hudsons Bay trap
pOi'f anu ANu'cu- win tAie iHHo iehh u
of all the countries where the creature
is found, the flesh being good and deli
cate. and. moreover. accounted exceed
ingly nutritious.
| Elephants feet, picked in strong
toddy vinegar and cayenne pepper. ar'
consi iered in Ceylon an Apician luxury
! The trunk is said to resemble buffalol
hump; and the fat is so highly priced b.
the bushmen that they will go almos
| any distance for it
! Hippopotamus fat is also considered ;
treat; when salted it is thought superio
/ to our best breakfast bacon: and th,
| flesh is both palatable and nutritious
| the fat being used for all the ordinar!
/ uses of butter.-N. Y. Journal