Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-12-23
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pillow, and Kicked IL Indignantly away
swearing that no son OF MS should IN
dulge In such cneninlte luxury;
In Portugal, where everything frcnch
ia hated, you must not say table d
hote. but speak OF the same thing as
mesa rodondo, Ground tablc) though IN
form the literal board IL long ana
narrow. No matter what hour you ar
rive at hon Jesus. your dinner wiz %
served In live minutes. on one end OF
The lengthy table. You may amusc
yourself II you like. with ordering
from the volumnlous mcnu; but II YOU
designate twenty different dinners on
as many different days the result WIZ
be precisely the same each time, with
possibly not an nrticel you have men.
TONED. The greatest dcllcncy ana
triumph OF the Portuguese cuisine IN
bacalhau. ,codnsh). which Is costlier
than turkey, game. or the best OF beef.
The natives prefer II raw. cut Into inci
wide strips that look like bits OF red
1inc they also broil II. like Patomac
shad. make II into sort OF Irish stew.
or mincc and fry II In balls-always
with too plentiful combination OF oil
and garlic. Among other favoritc
dishes, bequeathed by the Moors and
Sarnccns. " dessert known as reban-
adas--thick slices OF wheaton bread.
soaked In milk. fried In olive oil and
then thici,ly spread with honey. The
NtlckNs uyhp"ptlu- pIoinolluk 'ehi'"h'
bears a distant relationship to what we
call French toast" and you meet with
II everywhere among the nomad
tribes between Arablt and Morocco.
under the name OF rabanat.
In any Portuguese Inn you need not
give an order concerning n morning
call because the tone OF voice In which
tho internal economy Of the household
II conducted. banishes siumbcr long be-
fore daylight. II In well to arise with
the sun at Bonn Jesus, in order to eat
the morning air." In the picturesque
language OF the country. and also to
enjoy the magnificent prospects from
the balconies OF the building. To the
westward. almost
BENEATH YOUR FEET.
hlcs Braga. encampei between gray
and purple mountains. Tho gun gilnts
obllquely on the red. green and yellow
walls OF tho old town. bringing out In
bold relief the brown towers Of the
grVat cathedral and the quaint square
turrets OF its medieval castle. Far
, to tho eastward lies the strange city
OF Gujmaraens. with the Faiperra range
between. Look closely and n the day
be clear. you may see q white speck
on an outlying spur OF the mountains,
eight or ten miles on. ns the crow files.
II II the sacred chapel OF Sac Romno-
n calvary to which. on u certain day
Of the year. thousands OF pilgrims as
cend. making the last stage OF tho
| Journey on their knees. II Is not the
comparatively modern chapel that mos,
interest the stranger. but that puzzles
OF antiquity. tho city OF Citlnla, whose
ruins occupy the same emincnce. The
hill Itself Is treeiess, rising sharply and
alone amid rich corn fields and win,
yards watcred by the Este river. on
It's summit. nearly thousand feet
above the plain. II q mesa, perhaps 30C
feet across. All this level space. and
some distance from the steep incline
II covered with mysterious ruins
stone flooring. street pavings. ant
house walls. solidly built OF wei
grained stone. The singular thlns
about It Is that while most OF tbs
houses were complete circles, ever,
tenth building was square and OF large
dimensions, all set 80 close together
that the dividing walls must have beer
not more than three inches apart. TIL
Inference " that In some pre-hlstori'
time this must have been q place o
refuge In time Of danger for the pas
toral peaple OF the valley. Not sin
gle weapon OF any kind has been dis