The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1891-03-21

Curious Things That rioislo The Palate q
People in Different Olimes.

foods Laven Is an exception to the low
estimation in which seaweed is held, and
is a favOrite condiment We have
known it eaten in large quantities in
North Devon, and with much relish.
To prepare seaweed for the table it
should lie stepped in water TO get rid Of
the salt with which it is impreg mated,
and little carbonate of soda removes
the bitter taste, which to some palaies is
most disagreeable. 1t should then bs
stewed in milk or water till mucilagi-
nous, and is best favored with vinegar
or pepper. Fungi are almost every
where largely eaten. though in England
les attention is paid to them than they
deserve, and few kinds appear at table.
A curious error is TO suppose that
fungi are ealable and toadstools poison.
ous; no such line Of demarkatiun exits,
nor, strictly speaking, has the name
toadstool any precise meaning. Very
many fungi are edible, and the common
agario usually eaten in England is not
the most palalable and wholesome. Few
foods are more savory and none are
greater favorites than well cooked fungi,
and the souls Of vegetarans yearn for
them.
The most repulsive food which human
beings could eat is man. Fortunately,
cannibalism, although once very general.
Is now mainly confined to the most de-
graded tribes Of the South Sea Islands
and to some districts Of Australia and
Central Africa. Lindsay, Of PinscoJte,
relates that man, his wife, and family,
were burned to death on the east coast
Of Scotland for eating children whom
they had stolen. During the French
revolution tile heart of tile unfortunate
Princesse Lanballe was actually torn
out of the bJdy by one of the yelling
savages near, taken to restaurant, and
there cooked and eaten. Human flesh
is said not to be unpalatable, and this is
confirmed by the horrible narrative given
by Lindsay. He mentions that as one
of the girls was being taken to the exc
ecution she exclaimed; Wherefore
Glide ye with me, as if had committed
an unworthy act2 Give me credence
and trow me. if ye had experienced eat
ing men and women's flesh ye would
think it 30 delicious. that ye would never
forbear it again. The Tannese Of our
own day distribute human flesh in little
bits t. their friends as delicious morsels,
and say that the q ssh of black man is
preferable to that of white one, for
the latter tastes salt; other cannibals
hold the same.
The lion is eaten y some African
races although its flesh is in small
ftv II with them, " hie the Zulus find
carrion so much to their liking that, ac-
crdng to Dr. Coenso, they apply
to food teening with large colonies
OF grnbs the comprehensive word
"ubolni, which signifies, in their I'M
couth jargon, great happ ness David
Livingstone tells us that aboriginal Aus
tralians and the Hotten, OTIS prefer the
intestines of animals aud he adds that
1T is curious that this is the part which
Wild animals always begin with, and
that it is the first choice of our men !"
TIE hippopotamus is another favorite
meat with the Africans, when they
catch it Its flesh, when young, IS
tender and palatable, but it becomes
coarse and unpleasant with advancine;
years.
The Abyssiniani find the rhinOccroi
much to their liking; so hey do the
elephant, VIII ch is lso eaten in Sam ura.
| Dr. Livingstone speaks of ee mn's
foot as excellent ave had The nt
cooked for hrea fast, and found it de-
licious 1t is whiish mas. lightlg
| gelatnous and sweet like narrow. a
long march to pre- ent hilioJsaess / Il
wise precl uti N after a feast ON els-
plants foct Elephants tngue an /
trunk are also good, and af er long sim
mpri much resemble the humps of u
huff 10 and the tongue of an OK, rut
all the , her meat is tough, and from
its peculiar flavor only to be eaten by a
hungry man. he elephants eaten
duri the siege of P, ris were said t. he
great success, and the liver was pro-
nounced finer t an that Of any goose Ur
duck
The people Of Zanzibnr should stand
high for the comprehensive character
OF their cuisine. Among other delica-
cies are small monkey, aud a fruit
eating bat Locusts are relished | y the
Bedouin of Mesopotamia, and some
other Eastern tribes; they are placed on
strings and eaten on journeys with bit.
ter ard unleavened bread. The Jews,
who were prohibited eating many kinds
Of food which our larger experience
teaches are palatable aud wholesome,
as vel as some that we do not venture
to touch. were permitted to lave theiI
fill of locustS
Tie locust is an article Of diet to thii
day, but only of the very poor; it il
thrown into boiling water and eaten with
salt. To live on lOcusts and wild hOney
conveys a more accurate picture of ex
treme poverty and frugality to trav
eler in the East than TO any one else
Locusts, however, are not always cooked
Sometimes they are eaten fresh, They
are said TO have a strong vegetable taste
the flavor largely depending as NIGH
be expected, on the plants on whicl
they have been feeding. Dr. Living
stone, who showed his common sens,
by not being fastidious, considered then
palatable when roasted.
In the West Indies large caterpillar
: found ON the palm tree, is reckoned
great delicacy-and why not, let us ask
To our civilized taste. however, carrioi
!, and bad eggs seem foods which no hu
man being could relish,
+ Not 80, the Chinese prefer stale b
y fresh eggs, aud the Pariahs of Hindos
tan fight greedily with the dogs am,
: jackals for putrid carrion They woulr
! relish the rousette, kind of bat plenti
I full in Java, which the natives value; bu
althought It's flesh is white, delicate
and tender, it generally smells strohgl
Of musk The Navus also eat raw meat
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