Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-02-20
MATANZAS DE CUBA.
What Traveller Secs Today Railway Ride Through tho
Central Provnces-Faniy Life in La Guiana
Mysteries Of tho Cuisine.

crceperr-so quickly does mother ma
ture hide her wounds In these regions
OF eternal auinmcr. You are struck
by the slckly. under sized, hnif-starved
appearance ~ the cattle. like the lean
kline Of Phafanhs' dream-though vcr-
durc Of certain kinds ~ 80 rank aud
beautiful. FOR no rich green awnrd
grows IN the tropics and has 81 never
made.
Approaching Matnnzas city-hot
hungry. weary ana 80 ho-powdorCi
with "the sacred dust u martyr soil
TINT your dearest friend would hardly
recognize you-a sudden whin ~ cool
air. blown straight from the Mexican
Guif rcVlvfs you like a draught ui
wine. and Presently you see The broad.
blue harbur VI Matan1as EllatcnlnE IN"
polished mirror under the afternoon
sun. Around the cninmudioua raiiway
station you md cabs. hacks and Nul-
antca galore. and Johua who have lnte-
ly picked up enough English tp nsvlil
your ears with cries ~ Here. Senior,
Coon Wis me at Hotel del Zorro Car.
nii ncE House 81 Cicrvo a Bro. tthr
Golden starli cufa in ionorc' Hotel
Endsor' ~ Lion de Espanai' ana an
the rest N them.
Whatever thc old city Of Mntnnzaa
De San scyefino may lack. u ~ cer-
tainiy not hotels. so far o. the number
of them BE- concerned. Thoir quality ~
quite "a different matter. ~ really
makes little difference which one ynu
choose. You may un we'll shut your
eyes and ru bundiy with tho nrHt cab
man. Tot In any Ease you viii be- sure
~ wish you had tried another. On
this third visit 10 MntnuzaH | am 20
fortunate no To be dumiCilcd In % prl-
yate house. which gives me fine OPP
poffunity Tor sCruplng acquaintance
with cuban family NE. Tho main fea'
lures are the same from Mexico TO
the tip Of the southern continent. but
there ate variations IN the matter ~
food. A. IN al parts of Spanish Amcri-
ca. dosnyuno. tof bread. with CumcC
and ehocslatr.) " brought 20 your bed
side early w the morning. breakfast
proper. served In cefomunl0ua courses
between the hours Of eleven ana twp.
~ the prominent meal of the day. Ia
cuba u invariably begins with eggs,
panadas pnr aqua cniiente. LITERALLY
prEs passed through hot wAturl lr
hueyns ffitnr. uficd cEgF,1 ~ On tor.
tiiin. an omtlot Even French cooks are
out done by the CuhanH IN multltuiln.
aus varieties ~ omcietn. They are
compounded with chopped hahn. Kid
NVyH. of meat OF fny Kind. with tpmt.
and fruit. with leinon, cinnamon. SUI
gar. wine. mushrooms. nah. oil. what
not: and about nincty-nino times IN a.
hundred. Tomatoes and rvd peppers arc
slowed with tho rice.
The second course IL fish. ~ which
there are aH many kinds and ways ~
cooking no thorc nfo many men %
many minds" never saw badly
cooked frh In cuba. and az the poJr"at
table the fried nrh II sure 10 be- ro-
gtilnf chef a. ucuvru. done N olive oil,
81 a beautiful golden brown and with
OFT % suspicion u grease about ".
served with Sliced lemon. For boiled
nah ihvro nro delicate sauces. the host
~ which nfe compounded with tpmniuu
or plcnntc. with pepper like hpuid
nrcl or SALSA tumoto," a cuban en-
tro. which nnda favor with most
Americans. II the land crabs, tcnmer-
ouen1 found Ia all parts OF tho isinE
and superior 10 the hard and roft shells
Of the Potomac.
Next To- the fish comes rcHos fFhcou'a
brainHl fried In oil or fricnsHced. and
much mon" hppeflHinH dish than u
appears on paper, OF calves liver,
/ boiled or Htcwcdi or Kids hond
| baked entire. OF Tiblot stew. or hash
/ ~ anything under To- run. Very 'ap-
/ propriatcly, haEheH arr called piccudil
Ices, small sins" aud ut least one ur
two are served with every meal 4
hash of rabbits ana tomatoes FOR IN
stance. or Of plE'H feet and cheese. or
! ~ chicken nnd rice. Il not nc all OBJ
icctiouuhle. II you only know ~ what
your "Hunl sins consist. Having thus
disposed ~ prellminaren, you now
come Ia the substantial nart ~ the
| breakfast. First und foremost N the
uninuitouH "hif rterk." tCuhnn of beef
rtcnk1 which there n no dodging "
Nuu urr American, for our nation 81 be-
| licycd 20 be- addicted To II ne a topcr
/ tp his cups but you fall to rccognltc
/ n q Ia Cnhnna without explanation.
/ being a chunk cut from any parl u the
beef creature between horns nnd tail,
riEElcd IN rat 10 the toufhnoHH ~ lon-
thor, There are mutton chop, also.
HnufurrH which the tuhnnH greatly ne
feet and sometimes veal or pork. with
the meats, papus fritoa uried pptatocsi
ARE served. and bananas cooked In
FronH". Then comes the snnalndn. va
lad, which IN SURF to be excel mt
enough To- make up FOR other deficit
cnciea. whether ~ lcuttire ana toma-
toes. or crisp. pungvnt rroases fresh
/ from some running stream. or "a
strange compound ~ fah, iioHh or
fowl. with frults seeds. nuts AMI vego
tables. Then the pasta de glaynbn con
queso. tHiinyn Jelly with ch-oHe,l IN m
critfi and afterwards fresh fruits NJ
various sorts. followed by coffee. The
latter n strong black ana bitter. which
Nou are expected "a take With sugar,
hut no milk. and maybe with dash
| ~ cngnnc. AZ this time a bottle ~
iinrdcnu clnfet, or the thin, sutr wine
| NJ Catalina. has stood nt your elbow,
and you might AZ woll ask for the moon
nH Il glass ~ water, which nH u table
! beverage II not thought NJ M spanish
Amtfich. Butter, 40 we know u m the
North IN not a "cnHa de Cuba There
H. a yollOwiah looking strong smelling
compound brought from Denmark IN
tin cans and labelled An prlcnn hut
ter" which resembles wagon Prrnse
ana sells NJ n dollar % pound. -Nhcn Il
can md M patron,
Dinner A. q duplication NJ broadcast
with the addition " broth aud maybe
game nr poultry. The culdO. tbrnth or
aoupl IN made thick with onions. car
rutH and seeds; mr. maybe b. o Worm
lilie mass M Ncrmneilln WrlTgling amid
glriic. or the favuritr coidu de nan
bread soup which clltoly resembles a
u1uttIfg