The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1899-08-16
SOME UNUSUAL DISHES.
Lions and Bears Are vs;y Good Eating Kangaroo
Stsaks Are Delicious.

Lion flesh is said TO be very good eat
ing. but tiger is tough and sinewy
Nevertheless. the latter is eaten in In
da, as there is a superstition that IL
imparts strength and cunning 10 the
eater. Bears flesh is a great favorite
in Germany, and smoker tongues ana
hams are considered great demcacies.
on account OF the rarity of Bruln they
are expensive. Sausage dear To tne
Teutomc heart and stomach-is also
made from bear liver; twenty -nNe
pounds of sausage can be made from
single liver
There appears to be considerable di-
versity of opinion az 10 the merits ot
elephants flesh. In India and Africa II
is favorite dish with the natives, out
a European who has travelled much IN
Africa says: Il have tasted elephant
over and over again. IL Is more IKE
soft leather and glue than anything l
can compare IL TO-" Another traveller
however declares that he can nos
imagine how an animal so coarse ana
heavy can produce such delicate ana
tender flesh, says the St. Louis Globe
Democrat. All authorities. however,
agree in commencing elephan'6s foot.
Even the traveller quoted above. VINO
compared elephants fish 20 leather ana
-eitte-sfdnits tlfat-.balSed- elephant
foot is dish At for "A king. When an
elephant is shot i'm Africa the flesh is
curt into strips and dried; 1t is theN
called "biltong." The elephants loot
is cut off from the knee joint ana
hole about three feet deep is dug I'm the
earth and the sides OF IL baked bard
with burning wood. Most of these rag
gOts are then removed, and the ele-
plants foot placed i'm the hole. lt ~
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 Ike 1elIy,
and can be eaten with spoon. Ii is
the greatest delicacy which can be
given 10 a Kaffir.
Rhinaceros meat Is something be-
tween pork and beef. and is not 10 be
despised when no other flesh Is To be
obtained. In America a 'possum Is es-
teemed a great delicacy. Kept in
barrel for week and fed on sweet po-
uatOes. and. when killed, stuffed and
roasted. IL forms "A most delicate dish,
resembling chicken IN taste. \ negro
Will spend all the night catching
possum for his Sunday dinner. Mon
>rey meat is also good eating Dr. Wal
lace. the we'll known scientist cnco
breakfasted on monkey. 1T was by no
means bad" he wrote, 'DCinG sprnc-
thing Ike rabbit" He also stated that
although the habits OF the jaguar are
hlthy in the extreme. jaguar steaks are
beautifully white and remarkably Ike
veal In taste" I'm the same way ducks,
though teedlng on grubs. worms. frogs
ana mud. form. us EVERY ono VIII ad-
NIT. delicious dish Kangaroo steaks
are splendid and our Australian cousins
asseif thnt kanrai'op Huup ie tn' finest
IN the world. and Infinitely superior O.
oN-tniL fraV lefa qre alsn unanimous
On de'ifiug th7t the nesh uf tha Bili-
gator ahd rr1rodilr is extremely nler.
White fud delighiul o. the p8i1te seal
1esh. though p'fn 'tly biack is uatrh-
I'r- TOT NuNHT TrTTf0ef 70. n 7T brffrv
and for heat -ciVing power. Squirrels
are eNtena. Nc'y frn ~ v1rrc uarts OF
rural ENGLAND Sfautrcd nightingales
II great 81 Sd ~ Florence. and those
Whn have conquered their seutiments
nnd ca ~ little st1esters are loud ~
th~ir praises. IN Florida n stew ~
robins, lays and blutbirds forms a most