The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-08-11
WITH THE CHINESE.
Tastes Of the Inhabitants OF the
Celestial Empire

They Have fonfnes for Dishes That
Seem Anything But Inviting
to IN American Some
! Queer Oainties-
In passing through Chinese towns the
astonishingly large number Of cook
shops interest and attract the foreign
passer-by. OneAs curiosity Is often
aroused to know the ingredients of the
messes he sees being concocted4 but m
vestigation very often ends in some un-
| pleasant disclosure and unless one is
possessed of veyitable cast-iron
stomach and nose well hardened to
Chinese smells, he had better beware
Of even q Chinese Delmonico's These
places are unpleasantly pressed upon
the pedestrian, however, for the front
Is invariably open 10 the street. and in
order to tempt customers by the sight
and smell Of viands the cook prepares
his dishes over o charcoal fire in full
view and sets samples OF his materials
aud his bill OF fare out on show
board before him. Tables and
stools are placed h the rear,
and here the hungry wayfarer
may banquet off such delicacies
| as particularly tickle the Chinese palate.
Among the common people an ordinary
meal consists of boiled rice, cuasse
greens and little fat pork, goats flesh
or fish. At the public eating houses
dainties out Of the ordinary line are to
be had. and Chinese cookery Is executed
with flourish as it were. All sorts of
fish, flesh and towi beasts of the sea.
| air and Land are represented fn Chr
nese menu The Frenchman is not the
only ono who has his froglegs and snail
soup, for the Celestial too. revels in
these dainties. and many more even
more strsnga Snehes and eels alike
know the fryingpan, and when skinned
and dressed appear very much alike
Many varieties OF on-poisooous snakes
are used for food Sukworm gr,lbs are
regarded as choice morsel and are
stewed in lard and eaten as Q relish.
and multitude OF other insects are
deemed edibla One variety commonly
seen in the fish staIls looks like On
American locust before II has thken on
wings, and large white grub that in
habits the bamboo sprouts Is much
| sought after in the south. Another w
riety of edible worm Is found at the
root Of the sugarcene- The cane is gen.
orally pulled up, the roots, being used
for fuel, and the ha<vesters as they 90
along pick mp these worms and drop
them into . ltttae basket which they
strap about the waist. - ''i.
Many Chinese things taste very good
but their food is. On the whole. any
thing bus tempting Their cookery
abounds In made" dishes Of complk
Gated construction, highly favored
with spices and herbs, and. ON accoune
Of the limited use to which the chop
sticks oan b put. the ingredieuts are
cut up into small pdeceA Boiling.
stewing and trying Ee popular moth
ods Of preparation, end the cook shops
show variety Jof naa,seating locking
messes whose odosy sse NOT TO- b HaeA
With outside Of China The wogst have
yet encountered come from the duck
eggs that have BEEN hept fn we* clay
until they are ''hiHft," and termented
sadishes which tesf's's isSrong family
resemblance soasaaesksiiiass and,tAese
can best be deseFibNd - Ne s6uthesn
Impression 1povsrful ~. !. AlthangA
we turn :, up ouT ..H HDoses z 'chR chiDHf, Hk
man out o. uRes u6 IN Hpxu bOoel3
sskancs ~ onrs and thinks We eye dt2
gushing crcstdres TO drink tniIk ard
eat cheese. snd be csnnot b induced to
| touch butter 81 III, 10 as5qTrt( sdt
It seems To- be tie general impres-
sion that dogs ~ sstsi'fosan staple
articles Of diet THIS is poA true,, They
arc eaten TO q greetes or less extep< by
the poorer ciasses only, and vary 70
! popularity according to the district
In the sesportA where, animaa food b
readily obtained they ere not con-
sumed. aud IN Canton thero are only
three or four stalls where their Aesh
Is sold. but In country districts
many people est these snimals.
and rata, also The Hakkoa, Wild
hill tribe occupying the mountainous
district west q Annoy, 60 In
for cat and dog more largely than any
other people and thsis method Of pre-
pairing them for cVlinary purposes y
horrible In the extremA Dogs paws
are frequently seen smong their meats
In the butchers stal]s. Black cats are
universally deemed more desirable than
white or spotted. and toRtodss- -ehen ests
are seldom eaten A well-known mia
sionary 70 these people. In relating his
experience with thssa sptmala. sags
that his family can always Keep tor
toise-shell while : black ct tnyszisbly
| disappeaFA Hcfso6esh = exfepaiveH
consumed throaGhout the empire, .bpt
| Is horribly tough, for only old boests
| unlit fur uee ne kilIed 1pe food. Both
IsApa,es rafe and - binA 81 WA ~ that
Eiuhabits the sicii 1elde ~ avn and
are hswted sbout h sssssts |. sts'sas Y: pp