The Cook County herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Minn.) 1893-1909, 1894-07-14
A PYTHON FOB DINNER
THE CUISINE OF THE AUSTRIA.
LIAM CANNIBALS,
the Bushman Eats Anything That II
Flesh-Cooking Their Victims Barbecue
Fashion-They Prefer Black Meat tn
White-Love Of Tobacco.

IN ever have black fellow behind
you" is proverb in the Australian
bush. The bushm ans first business
in life is to eat, and it matters not
whether he eats white or black flesh.
serpent, cattle, kangaroo or lizard
only that it is flesh.
OF course, the fesh-eater haa
tastes, the more epicurean the more
varied his carnivorous education.
he eats the flesh of white men under
protest. He prefers the flesh of his
own sable compatriots. White mans
t1esh' he will tell you, laying his
hand on his stomach with a sugges-
tive expression OF disgust, is too
salty"
The black eats no salt upon his
food, and after a time even the
white explorer of the Australian
push learns to relish larvae, kan
CARGO steaks and snakes kidneys
without the addition of salt In this
way he gradually renders himself
more palatable to the natives. It is
mistake to suppose that human
flesh is the daily diet of these can
nlbals, for, in truth, they are rarely
SO lucky as to procure a morsel of
their favorite food. The man who
stands highest in the estimation of
the various tribes is he who is the
most expert in procuring human
flesh. The black fellow rarely kills
one OF his own small tribe for food,
so he has to content himself with
eating his enemies or such of his
friends as die natural death.
Snake bite and disease impair the
quality of this flesh, and in the tribes
where 1t is eaten it is usually left to
the women, who are not considered
worthy to eat the superior delicacy
OF the flesh of murdered men. The
natives firmly believe the kidneys to
be the seat of life, and they not only
aim at this vital spot in fighting,
but prefer it to any other part as
food, for not only is the flavor to
their liking, but in this way they in
sure all the strength and prowess of
their victim passing into their own
bodies. The women are, IN the
main, the providers of food, and the
hideous old women learn a witch-like
cunning in sharing and bringing to
the camp game, and even at times
the precious 'talgoro" (human hesh)
itself.
The commoner kinds of food, such
as wallaby, kangaroo meat and liz
ards, are cooked by throwing the
meat on live Goals. When a crust is
formed the natives snatch the meat
from the fire and gnaw off the scared
surface and then return the raw part
to the Goals. No matter how large
the game or how much there may be
OF it. it is very unusual for parti-
Gle to be left for another time. The
lean bodies of the naked blacks swell
under the strain, but they continue
to gorge themselves until the last
bone has been gnawed and the last
drop of grease has been licked from
their hands.
A sort OF barbecue method is used
IN preparing the rarer meat of the
cattle, python or "talgoro' A hole
IS dug in the ground and filled with
fire and small stones. When the
stones are almost red hot the fire is
dug out and the flesh is packed in
and covered with fresh leaves and
then with heated stones, the whole
is topped off with layer Of earth,
which keeps in the steam and flavor
of the slowly roasting meat.
The python's great length, of