Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-29
SOME UNUSUAL DISHES
Lions and Bears Are Said to Be Very Good
Eating.
Kangaroo Steaks Are Delicious, but
an Elephants Foot Beats
Them All. a..

From the st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Lion flesh is said to be, very good eating
but tiger is tough and sinewy. Neverthe-
| less, the latter is eaten in India, as there
is superstition that it imparts strength
and cunning to the eater. Bears flesh is
| a great favorite in Germany, and smoked
tongues and hams are considered great
delicacies. On account of the rarity of
| Bruin they are expensive. Sausage-so
| dear to the Teutonic heart and stomach--is
| also made from bear liver; twenty-five
pounds of sausage can be made from a sin
gle liver.
There appears to be considerable diver
sity of opinion as to the merits of ele-
plants flesh. In India and Africa it is
favorite dish with the natives, but a Eu-
ropean who has travelled much in Africa
says: Il have tasted elephant over and
over again. 1t is more like soft leather
and glue than anything l can compare it
TO- Another traveller however, declares
that he cannot imagine how an animal so
coarse and heavy can produce such deli
cate and tender flesh All authorities
however, agree in commencing elephants
loot Even the traveller quoted above, who
compared elephants flesh to leather and
glue admits that baked elephants foot
| is dish fit for a king" When an ele-
plant is shot in Africa the flesh is cut into
strips and dried it is then called "biltong"
Inc elephants foot Is cut off from the
knee joint and a hole about three feet deep
is dug in the earth and the sides of it baked
hard with burning wood. Most of these
faggots are then removed and the ele-
phants foot placed in the hole 1t is filled
up with earth, tightly packed down and
a blazing fire built on top, which is kept
burning for three hours. Thus cooked, the
flesh is like a jelly, and can be eaten with
a spoon. 1t Is the greatest delicacy which
can be given to Kaffir.
RhfnOcerOS meat is something between
pork and beef, and Is not to be despised
when no other flesh is to be obtained In
america 'possum is esteemed great
delfcacy. Kept In a barrel for week and
fed on sweet potatoes, and, when killed
stuffed and roasted, it forms a most deli
cate DISH resembling chicken in taste. A
negro Will spend all the night catching
'possum for his Sunday dinner Monkey
meat is also good eating. DIR. Wallace the
Weii-known scientist, once breakfasted on
monkey. 1T was by no means bad he
wrote, being something like rabbit" He
also stated that: although the habits of
the jaguar are filthy in the extreme
Jaguar steaks are beautifully white and re-
narkably like veal in taste.' In the same
way ducks, though feeding on grubs,
worms, frogs and mud form. as every one
will admit a delicious dish. kangaroo
steaks are splendid, and our Australian
cousins assert that kangaroo soup is the
hnest in the world, and infinitely superior
to oX-tail. Travellers are also unanimous
in declaring that the flesh of the alligator
and crocodile is extremely tender, white
and delightful to the palate. Seal flesh,
though perfectly black. Is matchless for
flavor. tenderness, dgestibility and for
heat-giving power. Squirrels are extern
sively eaten in some parts of rural Eng
land. Skewered nightingales is the great
dish of Florence, and those who have con-
quered their sentiments and eaten the lit
tie songsters are loud in their praises. In
Florida a'stew of robins, Jays and biuebirds
forms most savory and delicate dish,
and if you did not know the names Of the
Dishes you could eat and enjoy rat pie,
stewed cat, boiled horse beef, fried snaiIs
or any of the above dainties. AS it is, the
imagination is the autocrat of the stomach.
and people will only eat what custom has
made familiar. There is no reason-be-
yond that of custom-why man should not
add some of the above dainties to his bill
OF fare