The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1892-08-11


By the Hob Il is served as q first
course Ct grand dinners usually. The
nests are bui4 by kind of swallow on
high rocks BY the seashore, and the ma.
terial Is seGreted by glands inside the
birds bfll think Il was Huxley who
fscetsously semarked that these birds
built their nests '.all out Of their own
heads A native recipe for making
tbs soup rUudA with characteristic
vsguenesa, like thia stake as many
nests a. are necessary, clean and pick
out the feathers, and boil in sufficient
water to make q thin Jelly. Pour this
over hard boiled piQseous' eggs. and float
on the top shreds Of ham. Serve sweet.
ened II desired"
The number Of edibles in China h
legion, end their com mbinations are SIM
ply distracfina. The people have q
regular fntuition for cooking. and every
man, woman and child can prepare a
good meal ont OF the most meager sup
ply of me&eria1s Sweetmeats are eaten
by young and old, and one can scarcely
20 anywhere without meeting ven-
dor of confectionery, Bright yellow
cakes of rice end sugar are sold to chill
dren at every street corner, and Queer
tasting bonbons Of bean flour, rnillet
seed or popped rice, candied seaweed,
melon rind and orange peel are eaten
in enormous quantities at New Years
time and other feasts. Every house.
wife prepares once q year an enor-
NOUS sweet loaf of buckwheat flour and
keeps It ON hand TO offer visitors with
tea. Il is as heavy as lead and O vii.
lainous compound, and, like the old
fashioned fruit cake of our grandmoth-
ers, lasts the year round, and its ap-
pearance upon special occasions is in.
evitable.
Table etiquette such as would please
q Chinese host would shock and dis
gust an American one. Men keep on
their hats when eating, and It is quite
the proper caper" to make as much
noise as possible In the process of mas
tication, for the more nude the
greater is supposed to be the enjoy
ment experienced Between courses a
basin and towel are passed around,
and the guests mop off the face and
wash the hands The more food
is consumed the better, for the
more the host is honored. and If IL
seems necessary to refuse second
helping the polite thing to soy is: 20,
no. dare not. for I'm afraid you
haven't enough" A host in properly
exercising his hospitality must press
his guests to eat, and the distressing
importantly with which one Is urged
makes foreigner feel very uncop-
Portable.
Because elaborate dinner sets cone
from China, II must not be supposed
that these are used by the natives
themselves They are manufactured
for foreign trade only. A native set
consists of simply great number of
bowls Of different sizes colors and
shapes, chopsticks, and c..iEg.,;.re
spoons, about the size OF u deasert spoon,
With short curved handles. The chop
sticks are Of silver, ivory or wood, and
ere held in the hand much as we would
hold Lead pencil A very slight mo-
tion causes their tips to approximate,
and pieces OF food are easily grasped
by them, and they are only used in
gresping and showing, for Chinaman
can no more eat liquids with them than
we can eat soup with fork. The dex-
terity with which they are used is RASH
ly oVer-estimated, for food Of semi
solid nature, such as rice, is eaten by
placing the bowl to the lips and push
ing the contents into the mouth with
the sticks, and one viewing family Of
the best cultured eating a meal in the
most approved fashion thinks 1t any