Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1892-04-02

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like Finnan paddock. anointed with oil to rem
| der them impervious to the air. They average
40 cents each and make excellent broilers
| Oysters are threaded on thin fiber and
shrimps are skewered on two wisps of bamboo.
The inhabitants of Cochin China have the
singular taste of preferring rotten eggs to fresh
ones. and they are also very fond
of well-fattened dog; kind of
| small greyhound is reared especially for the
table Rats and mice may form items of a
Chinaman's menu, but. during a long expe-
rience in China, the writer has never seen them
exposed for sale. Seaweed, pressed into cakes
| have large sale. and bears paws are looked
upon as great dainty. At a state bapouet
lately given at Peking the bill Of fare was as
| follows: Birds nest soup, ham. with honey
| sauce. snail cakes. silver moss. green cncnm.
| bers and vinegar, stewed apples, with chicken.
shrimp pates, meat pastry. mussels green meas
| sour milk roast duck, stuffed cucumbers, sweet
potatoe cakes. baked brown carp. stewed pears,
| bamboo shoots, with shrimps. rosebud ielly.
| Among the sweets were oranges. the skins ~
parently unbroken. yet from which the min
had been dexterousy removed. half a dozen
| sorts of jelly having been made to take its
place.
THE TASTE OF THE FRENCH.
The French will eat snaiIs. fropa and the
diseased liver of geese. A Frencbman once
| declared in the writer shearing that during the
| the flesh OF horses and dogs habit Mt length
| rendering palatable diet which was frat In Pan
| as a matter of necessity. The use of borse
flesh as an article OF food has made great prog
| ress In Paris, where about a thousand horses
| per week are said to be Slaughtered the
| animals even being imported for that nurnose
| The snail Is becoming another fashionabIe
| article Of diet in France. Spails were bighlv
esteemed by the Romans, and in the sixtecnth
century the Capuchins Of Fribourg possessed
| the art OF fattening them. There are now
| more than fifty Restaurants and more than a
thousand private tables in Paris where snails
| are accepted as a delicacy, the monthly con.
| sumption OF this mollusk being estimated Mt
half million A celebrated French chef is
said to have the art OF serving eggs in 500 diff
| .erent styles.
In Brazil and Spanish America Young monk
| eys roasted is the favorite dish The cook
scoops out hole in the ground and makes
snaii BAKE oven, In which the monkey is done
70 turn, nt'ored with various herbs and vege-
tables The writer had an experience with
party OF natives on the banks Of the Amazon
Wnere roast monkey was served and the meat.
white and tender, resembled chicken in flavor.
REPTILES AS ARTICLES OF FOOD.
heptiies inquire largely in various portions of
the globe as articles of food. The Americans
ana English make use of the green turtle. but
mere the line is drawn. On the west coast of
AFRICA the writer was induced to try amouthful
OF Doaconstrlctor steak, greatly reiished by the
natives. II was served with n rich gravy and
seasoned with hot peppers. 1t resembIed
closely IN flavor and appearance younp veal.
In South America the native children will DRAG
huge cenupedcs ont of their holes and cruncI
them up. The negroes OF the West Indies eat
baked snakes and the palm worm fried in fat,
but they cannot be induced to eat stewed r,h
bit. Arabs are fond of crockodiles and some
poruohs OF the creature is said to be white and
tender when properly served. Crockodile eggs
are much sought after by the natives of NADIA
gascar, their flavor closely resembling a mix
lu ea VI rancid OIL and musk. In the Pa
cine and West Indian islands lizards
anu lizards eggs are eaten in va
rlety OF styles. The guiana n snecies
OF marc common to Africa and South America.
Is considered great delicacy, the flesh closely
resembling Chicken. Some OF the North Amer
icah Indians VIII eat rattlesnakes roasted. but
their great dish is boiled and roasted doc with
out the formality of skinning or otherwise
cleaning, and they regard the intestines as the
choicest part OF Il buffalo or steer The pariaba
OF hindoos;an have still stronger stomachs, for
they contend with the dogs, yultures and kites
for putrid c'rrion. Spiders are a dessert with
the New CaiedOnians and the Chinese will
serve the chrysalis of the silk worm. The
octopus, when boiled and then roasted. is en- fen
IN Corsica. The Guachos of the Argentine Re-
puGhc VIII hunt skunks for the sake of their
nesh. The Singalese eat the bees after robb;ry
them OF their honey. Quas, the fermenteS
cabbage water of the RnssIa's IL - e s'
tipple. Ii is descrihed "a rasa,,hI;S ;a I've
of stale fish and snan snds 80 ,1a n aaA
has more votariao III, - " oosi,
beverage. In the W., 49,; o.noi ieruehteu
erpilIar found on the noIn treo "a a &c" 80 ea.-
luxury. while the eJ,bia ras,. ~ ts,a
are so rich a dainty thot ,ho ;,,.as;. swano"s
dish will cost as much as $50.
ANfs AXE EATEN BY MANY.
Ants are eaten by many nations In Brazil
thew are served with a resinous .or.o ::
Africa they are stewed with butter or oreaso
The East Indians catch them in nits and ..,ro-
fully mash them in handfuls, like rasins. In
Slam a curry OF anI eggs Is costly luxury. In
fnnJ tn are soroo.;, a'e , sun utiiized as
with rice ard dates, some,imes boi,od IL servea
occasionally saited and eronnd nn inta naio'
and frenuently boiled in mil Tho n;, eahGs'
d,ans reioicei in the oreot swarn,s - Ieo'' ~
1s75 az a disuensatioo 81 tIa @ $50 - 10 y,
Iai5 in a etora Of dried Iocrs. P ~ anu
In last tbem for sevarai 800 ro"N01 'uiioieht
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