Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-10-15
CREOLE nRraEEAsr
A Typical Custom OF Queer, Old
Fashioned City.
Molly Pithin in tho IIomo-maker.


Molly Pitkin In tho 1Iomo-maker.
When strangers come to New Orleans
they expect to be fed and to be received
Hospitality; entertainment and sight-sec-
ing are purely marginal considerations
In comparison. So the most character
istic mode of letting the stray east or
westerner know that wo like him
and want to be attentive, Is to
begin by giving him dejeuner la
fourchette at eleven o. the clock, the
first hour refined human beings ought
to break their fast. OF course he will
have had his cafe noir il bed, along
with an orange and his newspaper,
hours before, which could not Interfere
with the deliciously toned relish fol
dainty and otherwise connections; and
he will approach the sparkling table
with somewhat of the emotions Of o
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
epcrgne on the fair cloth, with crystal
sprouts overlooking with mixed roses
and, if the season is early spring with
orange blossoms, showing the good, old
timed idea of a centrepiece before fiat
predominant. The chair you sit In
would hold two of ordinary size, and its
high back is carved like dolphin or
some other grotesquc figure. All tho
room Is old and rich. Madame, your
hostess, will tell You with pride that
she has not bought piece Of furniture,
so much as an andiron or clock, for
30 years, which causes you to feel a
thrill Of discovery; aristocracy of
America Is.
The yellow mulatto girl who waits.
assisted by mere pickaninny of a boy,
and white frock.
There is q horror among some south
ern families against having dark
servants in the house, these being, BY
right of ancestry, relegated to planta-
ton or kitchen work. When we arc
seated, you, of course, monsieur. ut
madame's right, and next the most be-
witching Creole maiden imaginable.
Our hostess serves us shrmps, dozen
or more on each plate, glowing pinkly
through spllnters OF Clipped ice that
form layer over them. Surely, a
promising beginning. One does not re-
quire the finger-bowl Just afterwards,
require digital manipulation and sue.
ceed Immediately. Those arc warm
with pepper and seasoning the mysteries
of which only the turbaned old cook
| knoweth OF, and madame may kindly
| dissect the complex mollusk, if YOU are
not m expert.
Then the noble reddish is brought in.
| three feet in length, with enough wine
| in n
SWIM in, had he life. This is tho cello
brated "court-bouilon'' which dignifies
every old darkey into Gordon bleu,"
and we think il ought to take the place
Of the proverbial "blackbirds" which
were fit TO set before the king. The
pompano and Spanish mackerel, the
most refined of their tribe, NAV alter
nate with the toasted and grayied
"court-bouillon," which stings with too
much ''chill'' to be popular with the
Puritan palate The fish part of break
fast is over, but claret Is retained. Then
| spring chicken, with mushrooms "a Ia
| Creole" or ''griarln occupies atten.
ton. This "griardn is mystery. and
must be eaten with faith, blindiy. buj
inwardly delighting at the pleasure OF
its taste and lubricity. Veal is smothered
in tomatoes and onions to all appear
ances, and we conclude 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
Amcricanwise. The need of dainty
peroration is supplied when fiaky rum
omelcttc is served. A small cup Of tho
very essence of coffee, which stains the
| Gun CONFER brown ia tho ctip,nI,,i,,
end-oittt u usual hat delicious menu.
Afterward it is pleasant to retire t,
the shady courtyard, and sit beneath
calladiums and banana and magnolia
trees; and "tante Emilio" the cook, will
come out and courtesy, and the wee
pickaninny will perform breakdown
for your amusement, and you sip away
q sweet cup favored with anisette, and
feel that physical contentment which
cometh only from satisfied appetite.