The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-04-09
SAID DICK, As SURE As EGGS IS EGGS.

Those or the Hen Not In It. an ErIcure Says.
with Those OF Certain wild Birds and Fowl.
People who never alto any eCes but hens
eggs don't know what eggs aro." said u New
Yorker who claims to know all about extraor-
binary edible things But It's II good thing.
OF course. II everybody know how much bet
ter lots Of other kind Of eggs are than hens
eggs It Wouldn't be long before the birds aud
fowl that lay the really superior egRsw would be
as extinct as the dodo or tho eroat aux. They
are scarce enough as 1t is. and US fellows that
are on to the qualities OF the eggs they lay
have to hustle like San Hill to get a mess now
and then.
This is tho senson now for some OF those
eggs. and a little later on others will DO on
deck. My mouth Is watering in expectation
OF what I'm going to have for breakfast some
day. say q month from now. Ruled grouse eggs.
They'll como from sullivan county. There
won't DO more than a dozen OF 'em maybe.
but they'll cost me So apiece. I shudder to
think. though. what they will cost the man
who is going to take the risk OF getting them
for mo II he should happen to be caught in the
act OF getting them. Ton dollars apiece. I
think it In That Is the price the law puts
on rufed grouse ~eggs-$12O . dozen.
But say! BY Jove. they're worth It! 1 made
q big bargain with the man who agreed to
send 'em down to mo last spring. Why. pin.
mated grouse eGgs nre worth $40 a dozen. as
any Chicago epicure will tell you. Pinnatcd
grouse are prairie chickens. you know. Their
eggs are worth $50 a dozen. and although they
are delicious. they are not In 1t at all with our
own ruled grouse eggs. A morsel ut for tho
gods. sir. Ia a ruled grouse's egg. The PAM
pered palate OF no Oriental p~otentate ever
lingerinRly dallled with 30 rich and surpass-
Ing a delicacy. Two dollars apiece is cheap.
Then there Is the cranes egg. especially
tho crane that lays the ggs that come into
the Savannah market along about this time OF
year. and are sold-would you believe 1t ?-for
the price Of barnyard hens eggs! Why. even
II these cranes eggs were not any better than
hens eggs. the toll and danger that the egg
hunter has to subject himself to in gathering
them ought to make them worth at least a
dollar apiece. HI has to hunt ON among
dense underground In the almost inaccessible
haunts Of tho spindle-shanked bird that
produces them. and then has to DISPUTE
possession OF them with hordes OF dead
ly reptiles. chief among them being
. rattlesnake OF unsurpassed ~feroclty
and inordinate size. to say nothing OF q moe
casin snake that has a front SO fierce and do.
fiant that 1t can almost p~aralyze you with a
glance. The great resort Of the cranes. whose
eggs ought to be almost without price. Is Dan
relate things that have occurred to them. in
fighting v ~rsttlers and moccasins to get at
and my blood run eoid-but somehow these
didn't cause me to Offer more than the market
ssn,: , sDi. the ic & Cranes 4 cent sss snd M Z hS.l L W. :as IKE tTs
paying = dollar a hound 2or diamonds
m oTse WIZ Sot sHFt icy f fSak w All 10 T p1s.fi.. e
pleasure Of eating, them. but once.
had found a wild turEey's nest In the woods =
rsr: thing to do Sa ! can sn, tell YEN sbo, He ! ought In
e on fRhsnr. 1 Bought u . The i 70 iaf p'f alty ssn nss
sFs , ! t9'w sc.s si the ihs G ,hsy tthhSsussSSly t SsS
s1a ' But I . hs ssssns al s sbsq. w Wig % sas:
hsy,s i sss;si sb Ed fs onI, 1 EnoWs is,S Ss,a osul 4 b tass
named h.ils dollar splice Tor ths egg: and
sSs t aEap,S sri Ss oo atssw h how e Tilf S sssfs Pm
RHss% !srn and tod tho boy | would . give Ss' him M
J sS sS,I. q. for S fSsr r. s soui SSfsn q. e al. sho So eggs he
lite funny hInE. but while ths wild swans
10 sEeas telifSSSc sy the the w dh.t xoOss's egg
but ali other Wild fowls eggs ara rank:
unless yoI call the guipsa hen and the pea
osP T knew It's Il. IKE ss, eggs so ~ both 1tS, ~ these :. is sHss
far more aSSsepta6le to- the palate q the
sRsSaris Any .se one t 70 lo SSrrs at . s1 pies SS%. sss. e hsn.s
Wild or tame. would at once conclude. that It
nold o meat that would. carry Joy to a fine ap-
petite: but IL doesn't The pigeons egg turns
% milk boiled. and smells like rancid oil.
"Ihave been very courageous In my expert
nenting with birds, eggs. You may well think
% when tell you that ! sGya9csd withGIt 2
:uTksy buzssrd,s eSss. They were hard
he shell Of one y let loose such q vivid
eminiscence OF a Long Island bone-boiling
actory that tossed the half dozen to one Of
he razor-back hogs that are familiar objects
IN tho landscape In that. part nf Maryland.
fou may have heard It said That q rnzor-bask
loa will eat anything. Don't believe It.. He
Won't eat turkey buzzard eggs. l never tried
i'm on a rows egg. hut ! have respect enough
or him. remembering what an experiment OF
nine taught me about crow's egg1. to believe
II a horse blanket tastes like 1t smells.
hen any, one !nstinG a hawks egg might
'asily believe that no was sampling a horse
There are worse things thar, owls
'ggs. II you should ever hear that any friend
yours was about to try a mess Of nickers
'ERs or kinghsher's eggs. notify the Board Of
isslth. Blu . Suails egg e as sweet and
!elieAte . morssl as you might wish to roll
I Isn't .any bigger than q cherry. But talking
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