Feliciana sentinel. [volume] (St. Francisville, La.) 1877-1892, 1892-11-12
ODD ARTICLES OF DIET.
v.r,,.. Edible Things That Might 10
.Ls - . m ans Blll Of Fare.

ODD AHVVSIeS
ra,h,. rhings That Might Ne
Added to . mans Biii o. rare,
We should be sorry to be told an
about the training OF the turtle "h'Sn G
fattens mysteriously; stil less sii"u.2 #
..,s ;,,o,,;re into the carnivorous habits {
~ The conoer eel, which is said to do
du+v for him. The rats that run loose
about the sewers are decidedly to ne
avoided. But we have tasted the rats
th.4 have run riot in Isolated "heat
r;clxs and we can consciously aver that
thew are both sweet and succulent
.rhc;r Aesh is white as that of sweet
hra.d and has unquestionably more
favor. We understand that held nice
arc still more delicate, and, considering
the simple and wholesome haoits oi
their various lives, we can wei! oei1e,e
it. The 'Englishman In faris sPeaNs
| of a salmi served soon after the pesih
ming of the siege of the commune anu
the very memory OF lt seems 10 nav
made his mouth water. Yet the town
r,;ca scarcely gave the experiment
| fair trial. for they had been shared on
the bastions between the outer boule-
v,rds and the fortifcations. There Is
no reason why squirrel should not oe
oxce1lent. for the squirrel would hop
into the saucepan ready favored a1ter
having fattened on nuts ana ira,
Grant foliage. Squirrels are small
and shv and difficult to catch
40 that we do not hear much
of them even in gypsy CUISINE.
Rut the hedgehog figures frequently at
those sylvan repasts, though he IS nara
, lv big enough to be sent TO tanie "s
r piece de resistance. The prilnltlve ihan
1 ner of cooking him supersedes the H'cse
S costly refnements OF elaoora.e va 'e'
8 de- cuisine. The elephants foot, or
r.+her the slice below the pastern,
n which is a famous dainty in eastern
d hunting camps is treated on preclsely
t sim;lar principles. which shows that
II the simplest cookery of all nations has
n mnch in common, like their folklore
d Shal>esDearcs British hcdge-pig, hlt'
its cousin the porcupine. by the way!
l. shrouded in 4 plastic tenement OF ci'y
X Then he is laid to temporary rest IN
n he'd Of smoldering cindcrs Whe1
e. supposed to be done to a turn .i'
N dwarf pig is dug up, and theh wv .'
'<- prickly skin is detached with the sph'
re ting of the case of clay. All the @cnef
p Gus juices, with their pouqoe'' ""'
been confined and transfusea.
sy We need not say that the frog Is NOR
I'd oalatab,c. although we do not thlr
|
c:< .,rcan hind of the Southern Frenc
ci swamps and the sedgy lakclets OF Cal;
ne bria. After ALL these foreigner
.st are only to our domes'
friends as the oysters Of oaten
eel or Marenness to the coarser
to the British qualities. Toads are not
ny he fh}Slea fhs akMShk With imeHGaltf ie fes t"s
,st venom. and he keeps the troops Oh
,u, r,tur,l enemies at bay by the instrne
ion i've knowledge that he is an anlfha' u
T ,,o;son-c,tapult Nor is the snake oit'
cyl e,+on in England. Yet we dare 10 s
a that snake meat might be preteran!e
,c|x starvation, or possibly. to the stoi
ont br,al,inc yard of a "orttno"se.
ion lsnoy at least that the lguana OK S'e
tree lizard of the troplcs-ahu he ca Il
life, ,,rv close kindred with the dsaaiy S
oht nents-is ha abitually served at thc III
,urc rr,ntuous tables. As Tom Cfins
,uld saws. when brcalsfastlnT or lsun
,it." among the Cuban pirates ne s''o'
Ikea never have distinguished ths c''i'
ion: from chicken had 1t not oeeh In''
tho loves ,r,. a trifie big. MessrS. Edwa
the and Bates and Naliace ioioi .'
feel the canoe men on the upper
n he OF the Amazon can tt""S
nout selves happy with at"S'''''
is X .,,.v only have recourse to 1t rs Il
resort. Their chief objection IS
bbit the meat tastes mustS' r'en "".u
. ec- ,ll;r,.or eaters, however, have qua
sc by with regard to the ca ma" Co"
4 by villages. For there - a,;,a
nd Il than one notorious n;"n,e" ,s
We identification IS d1hlS"''' N'' ~
dine haunt among the tree f"o'> n'". >
n the f,yorite bathing place, and, on p
ith a c;nles of reciprocity, has 4 weak
,cans for human beings gs.-London Satu'
rrcct Review.