Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1892-10-18
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We should bs sorry % be told all
about the training OF the turtle. which
fattens mysteriously, still les should we
inquire into the carnivorous habits of
the conger eel. which Is aid to do duty
for him. The rats that run loose about
the sewers are decidedly 10 DO avoided,
but we have tasted the rats that have
run not Ia Isolated wheat ricks, and We
can conscientiously aver that they are
both sweet and succulent
Their fesh 1. white ~ that of q sweet
bread and has unquestionably moro
favor. We understand that teld mice
are still more delicate. and considering
the simple and wholesome habits %
their yirtuous lives We can well believe
H. The "Englishman In Paris" speaks
Of q saint served soon after the begin
ming of the siege Of the Commune, and
the very memory of Il seems 10 have
made his mouth water. Yet the town
mice scarcely gave the experiment fair
trial. for they had been SHARED on the
bastions between the outer bouleyards
and the fortifcations. There l. no rca-
.on why Squirrel should not b. excellent
Tor the squirrel would hop into the
sausepsn ready favored after having
fattsned on nuts and fragrant foliage.
squirrels are small and shy and Diff
cult a. catch. 80 that we DO not hear
much % them even In gyp-y cuisine.
But the hedgehog figures frequently at
those sylvan repasts. though he u hardly
big enough to h. sent 10 table ~ piece
dc resistance. Tho primitive manner q
cooking him supsrsedes the mott costly
refnements % elaborate batteries do
cuisine. The elephant. foot. or rather
th. slice below the pastern, which l. .
famous dainty In eastern hunting camp,
l. treated GA precisely similar principles,
which shows that the simplest cookery
% all nations has much In common. like
their folklore. Shakespeare British
helgepig. like it, cousin. the porcupine.
by the way. l. shrouded In q plastic
tenement u clay. Then be Il laid 10
Temporary re-t In q l--l u smoldering
cihlen. When suppp-ei 10 be done 10
q turn. the dwarf pig 1. dug up. and
then the prickly skin u detached with
the splitting u ths oass u clay. All the
generous juice. with their bouquet.
have ten confined and trAnsfus.d.
We ned no, say that the fros !. more
palatAble. although We do not think
that la England We have the small green
kini u the southern French swamIs
anil the seigy lAkelets % CalabriA
After al. these foreigners are Ouly H.
cur domestic friends a. the oysters %
O.tsnd % MAT.nn.s. to ths coAr.er ~
The British qualities. Toais ar. ~, ~
h. tackled with impuhily. the toad. like
the skunk. l. oysrchArgei with venom,
aud b. ke.p~ the trooI- % his natural
enemies q, lay by the instructive knowl
c.igs that b. l. Ah animated poison oaiA-
pult Nor 4 the snake often eaten IN
England Yet We dare 90 say that snake
meat might D. pryfsrab.s to starvation,
90 Is-sibly a. the stone breaking yard
q wurkhouss We know st least thA,
the iguAna % great tTes lizard 81 the
iTopics-Ani be- claims very clos kin
irvd with the deadly ssrpsnts-is habit
uAliy serysl q, tie most 'ump,uou,
table,.
a. TVm Crhgls says. when brcak
fasting 81 iguAna among the Cuban
pii ai.s. hs should never have dis,in
gulshod the creature from chicken hal
u not t-cn that the bones Are . trihs
hg. Messr. Edwards and Bates AMI
Wallace inform us that the canoe men
on the upper tributaries q the Amazon
can always make themselves happy with
alligator. although they only have re-
coar.s to IL a. Last resort. Their chief
objection ). that the meat tastes musky.
Even hardened alligator eaters, however.
have qualms with regard % the csyinAn
caught near their villages. for there u
generally more than one notorious man
eater. although Identification Is difficult,
who has his haunt among the tree roots
near some fayorite bathing place. and
on principles Il reciprocity has weak.
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