The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-01-01
GERMANS GIVEN TO crNoPHac,
log Meat Considered Not Half Bad Eat
ing by Some People.

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Dog Meat Considered Not Half Bad Eat.
ing by Some People.
i Il see by the cablegrams that the
| German papers are constantly refarr-
ing to the high prices of meat foods
| IN the empire. These same papers also
complain of the rigid regulations gov
ernlng the import of cattle and other
| animals nt-as the world goes-for
1000 on the hoof or as products. Well,
| this German situation inspires a Ger.
tain line Of reflection
Inc foregoing remarks were delivered
| recently by man well known about
town in Chicago, and who has had
some queer experiences in this life.
He has Travelled widely, especially in
MS own country; has been in places
where food was worth it's net weight
in gold and has partaken of some
rare, II not appetizing, dishes. He was
| FOUND when in a reminiscent and phil
| osophlc mood, and refreshed a group
| OF friends with his experiences.
This stringency against importa-
| tlons, according to the story, has re-
suited in some funny situations. The
| TACT that beef and pork dead or alive.
is kept out of Germany ito a great ex-
tent, so the papers say, has caused a
greatly increased consumption Of
| horse flesh. Why, it is said-.of course
don't Vouch for the truth-that in
| order to supply the poor mans crav-
ing for meat food dogs are being
slaughtered in several towns in the
empire: Hippophagy is no new thing
in Europe or America, as any man
| who has seen service in the Indian
wars can testify. The eating of dog
been confined largely to the abo1igi-
mes. "'
But this thing of turning the house.
hold pet into sausage or roast in Ger
many or anywhere else is like return
ing to first principles. l see the pa
pers. gravely assert that dog slaugh-
ter houses have been established in
Chemnitz, Leipzig, Dresden, Breslau,
Halle and other centers of population.
In Dresden, owing to the severe tariff.
dog flesh costs from to cents per.
pound. No reference is made to the
breed either If the common yellow
cur brings cents ] suppose dach-
shund is good for Is and Blenheim
would rank well up with quail and
prairie chicken.
Am I an advocate of good dog meat
as food? Well, no; I can't say that
l am. But just get rid of a few pref
udices which mere environment has
erected and consider the thing from
commercial and astronomical stand
point. 1t won't hurt and may help.
] am not willing to deliberately fly in
the face of the civilized world-al-
though have seen some things among
the uncivilzed we might emulate-and
declare for a radical overthrow of ira
ditions which have existed longer than
our country. But a little philosophy
will do no harm. Then we might get
down to the discussion of why dogs
meat should not be good.
Let's get at it by degrees Time
was-and still is to very great ex-
tent-When horse flesh was and is con-
sidered wholly unfit for human food.
In fact if you will look back over your
paper files a few years ago you will
find accounts of cases where men were
arrested and tried for butcherng su-
perannuated horses. There was a great
hullabaloo in Chicago lest the pamper-
ed appetite be contaminated by the in
sertion of the teeth in old Blaze
Well, it was found that slaughter
houses where horses are killed were in
existence. But a wave of relief swept
over the city when it was learned that
the products go to Belgium.
Next to France Belgium is the best
fed nation on earth. That is, the peo-
pie speak French, dine in the French
style with food cooked according to the
best Partisan methods. Well, it was
something of a shock to discover that
some chef d'oeuvre or piece de resist
ance on a Belgian table was fashioned
from the good red meat of the nag that
formerly hauled the diner from MOTEL
to theater. But it was in Brussels and
not Chicago, so it went. 1t was re-
lief to know that 'pferdfeisch init kar-
toffeln salat' was served in Dresden |
and not by the lake side.
What are the facts? Why, I am pre-
a., L..
a haunch of burro which for juiciness,
tenderness and all round good taste
discounted the best roast of the best |
range steer that ever tossed a norm |
or paved the turf. Eat mule? or |
course, and found it good, too. Now, |
don't look as if / were cannibal. To |
what better use could I put a faith |
full mule after he had hauled my goods |
into the mountains until they were all |
gone than to eat him? I thus obvi-
ated the necessity of finding forage |
for him on the return trip, robbed HIM
of the torments of thirst which would |
certainly have been his portion, eased |
him over the happy hunting grounds
and then disposed of his. remainders |
on the camp table, while the pelt serv-
ed TIA keep out the chilly blasts.
Every man who has chased the hos |
tiles through the bad lands is familiar |
with the taste of horse or mule flesh. |
And none of them never fell i'll te- |
cause of it. OF course, man feels |
somewhat grief stricken to be forced |
to absorb a faithful steed, but then |
sometimes it must be done to sustain |
life, Destroy the sentiment and the |
flesh is not bad. Ever eat dog? Yes, |
and crow too. And l liked it. OF |
course, when 1 partook l was not |
aware I was deVouring a pointer cup
ply. Take a little brandy; it will fix |
you all right.
why, man alive, you people who |
have lived in cities or on farms all |
your lives know nothing of eating |
You revel in chicken. Tell me if you
can what fowl is so filthy in its habits
as the barnyard fowl? You rhapsodize