The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-06-25
MEMORABLE MENUS.
Some Curious Combinations of
Dishes and Drinks.
From the London Globe.

From the London GLOBE.
To the unhappy housewife who is con-
tinually signing for another joint where
with to ring the changes little less fire.
quently, we commend a rapid persual of
this short article. for here we give her not
one but many kinds of diet that win be
entirely novel to her palate, and mindful
of the recent appearance of bears meat
in London we recognize that such state
ment must not rashly be made. One OF
the most interesting menu cards in exist
ence, a treasured possession of the Wash
bourne family, the head of which as is
well known went through the siege of
Paris as chief of the American legation, is
dated Christmas, 1870 and reads as fol-
lows (when translated from the original
French) Siege bread, horse flesh soup,
dogs meat outlets, katzenpfeffer. name
given in the Teutonic tongue out of com
plment to the besiegers and a delicious
dish when you happen to be almost half
starved; ass flesh la sauce Soubise, rag
out of rats and mice la Chinoise, pre-
served green peas, potatoes, lettuce and
celery, salad and plum pudding. Surely,
never since the days when the four-and-
twenty blackbirds were served up before
a certain monarch was such a remarkable
menu card perused by the representative
of a great nation.
At a llon-tamers' fete held last year in
Paris and attended by many "dompteurs,
the menu showed that several novel vi
ands were consumed; that is 20 say. If the
menu is to be believed, which we will
leave to our readers to decide The card
was embellished with a sketch of a lion
holding the chairman's portrait in its paw
The items on the card that we venture to
question with regard to their actual repre-
sentation of the viands they purport to
stand for are the following: "Scorpions
and Filets OF Viper" Rock of Ice Ricar-
do, produced by the discovery of the
North Pole" Cheese from Crocodile's
Milk" and Fruits Gathered Between Ma
Mia and Cuba by the Albert Bidel Mis-
sion'-the Bidel family, by the way is
famous among French tanners. After the
banquet and drive in the Bois the mer-
rymakers added insult to injury by act
ually dancing in menagerie in the very
presence of their four-footed EMPLOYEES
who had Dot been invited to the feast
though they would undoubtedly have done
ample justice both to it and the other
guests, had they had the chance.
me menu card, so the legend runs.
came into being in 1541, when Duke Henry
OF Brunswick, a noted epicure, was taxi
ing a Judicious part in a very elaborate
state dinner at Ratisbon. We use the
word 'judicious" advisedly, for the din
ner was Of such length that no enicure
could nope to cope with it satisfactorily
out the Duke was equal to the occasion
for having previously obtained fuIl ust
Of the dishes from the master of the
Kitchen he carefully marked those he fan
cled most and reserved himself for them
AS the dinner progressed his grace was
observed furtively to examine No. &c 80
paper from time to time, and as efter-
dinner impromptu speeches reouiring
notes were not in vogue, he was question.
ca as 70 the mysterious document ana
had TO confess its use. The idea "caugbt
on ana the menu card sprang into noo-
u!ar1ty. 1t is, perhaps, just as well Tor
me sake of future generations thai tho
oate OF origin OF the menu card should he
WIDELY circulated, as one exists haarinc
upon 1t such delicacies as '~Tortre - -
NOE Chaudfroid de Colonies Ararat,,
ana saIade Japhat"-and mistakes win
happen AS matter of fact. the moab.
ARK upon which the above item formed
part OF the inaugural dinner, is the new
honseooat of the Cannes Yacht Club
me interesting feature Of a Burns caIo-
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so - GUY we hquid Items that figure on II
as me IolioWing toast list of the last d,n
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