The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-09-22
HIS SON BROUGHT BACK.
A CREOLE BREAKFAST.
A Typical Custom of a Queer and Old.
Fashioned City.
Nelly Pitktn in the Home Maker.

Nelly Pittin in the Home Maker.
When strangers come to New Orleans
they expect to be fed and to be received
Hospitality; entertainment and sightseeing
are purely marginal considerations In oom-
parison. So the most characteristic mode
of letting the stray east or wester ner know
that we like him and want to be attentive,
is to begin by giving him dejeuner al a
fourehette at IL O. the clock, the first
hour refined human beings ought to break
their fast. OF course he will have had his
cafe noir in bed, along with an orange and
his newspaper, hours before, which could
not interfere with the deliciously toned
relish for dainty and otherwise connections;
aud he will approach the sparkling table
with somewhat Of the emotion lover has
after acceptation. The linen is fresh; the
old-fashioned goblets with rich crest
or monogram, or both, CLEAN like thin ice
in the sun. There is high epergne on
the fair cloth, with crystal spouts overflow
ing with mixed roses, and, if the season is
early spring. orange-blossoms, showing the
good old time idea of centerpiece before
fat decorations and sameness OF color were
predominant. The chair you sit in would
hold two Of ordinary size, and its high back
is carved like dolphin, or some grotesque
figure Ali the room is old aud rich.
Madame your hostess, will tell you with
pride that she has not bought piece of
| furniture, 80 much as an andron or clock,
| for fifty years, which causes you to feel a
thrill of discovery; the aristocracy OF
America is.
The yellow mulatto girl who waits, as
sisted by a mere pickanlnny OF boy,
wears an azure silk apron and cap, and a
| white frock.
There is horror among some southern
families against having dark servants in
the house, these being by right of ancestry
relegated to plantation or kitchen work.
When we are seated you, of course, mon
sieur at madame's right, and next the most
able. our hostess serves US
shrimps, a dozen or more on each plate,
glowing pinkly through splinters of
| Clipped ice that form layer between them.
Surely a promising beginning. One does
not require the finger-bowl just atterward
! because crabs, sofs-shelled or fricaseed,
require digital manipulation and succeed
! Immediately. These are warm with pep
per and seasoning, the mysteries Of which
only the turbaned old cook knoweth OF, and
madame may kindly dissect the complex
mollusk for you If you are not an expsrt.
Then tina noble red fish is brought in,
three feet in length, with enough wine and
condiment IN the great platter to swim in,
had he life This is the celebrated court
! OOutIOH WHlCu QtkullSS every
darkey into q Gordon bleu. and we think it
ought to take the place Of the proverbial
"blackbirdsn which were fit to set be-
fore the king. The pompaao and Span
ISL mackerel, the most refined of their
tribe, may alternate with the toasted and
gravied court-bouiilon which stipgs with
too much chilli TO be popular with the Pur-
itan palate. The fish part of the break
fast is over, but olaret is retained Then
spring chicken with mushrooms, a la creole
or gTidrd occupies attention. This gridrd
is a mystery, and must be eaten with faith,
blildly, but lnwardly delighting
at the pleasure of its tas,e and lu~
briefly. Veal is smothersd in tomatoes
and onions to all appearances, and we con-
clude that we like griard, which is eaten
with yellow hominy and fried plantains,
sugar-coated. The Creole is not lover of
fruit and does not partake Of it at table
American-wise The need of a dainty
peroration is supplied when a flaky rum
emelette is served. A small cup of the very
essence of coffee, which stains the cup
copper-brown, is the stimulating end-of to
a usual but delicious menu.
AftnrwRrd it is pleasant TO retire to the
shady courtyard and sit beneath calladiums
and banana aud magnolia trees, and tdnte
! Emile, the cook, will come out and court
esy. and the wee pickaninny will perform
breakdown for your amusement, and you
sip away a sweet cup favored with anisette,
and feel that physical contentnent which
come,h only from q satisfied appetite.