The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-01-08

Among the other items are some dishes
which would create a sensation if serv-
ed at our dinners. How would you
like to eat a dozen fresh, juicy snails at
a meal? The people of Buenos Ayres
consumed eleven tons of them last
month. They ate 112 tons of tripe and
about 1000 young armadillos Arma-
dillos are among the delicacies Of the
Argentine. They are about as large
as number 8 Derby hat, and they
look not unlike turtles, save that their
backs are more rounded. The arma-
d1llo has feet with claws, but it's head
is much like that of a pig It's meat
tastes like young chicken, and it is so
much in demand that armadillos al
ways bring a good price in the mar
kets
MARKETS OF BUENOs AYREs.
Buenos Ayres has excellent markets.
There are twenty in the city. but it Is
in the Mercado Central that the most
business is done. This market has an
area about equal to one of our city
blocks. The food offered for sale is
as good as that sold at home. There
are all sorts of meats, fish and vegeta-
bles. There are huge pears from the
Argentine and oranges and pineapples
from Paraguay. There are grapes as
sweet as any grown in California,
which have been brought to. the city
! from the foothills of the Andes, and
there are peaches by the bushel from
about Buenos Ayres. Peach trees are
often grown for fuel. and there are go
many peaches in some sections that
they are used for fattening pigs. AL
most any kind of fruit that grows in
the United States Is grown in the Ar
| gentine republic. AS to vegetables. I
| saw celery stems as big around as a
pint tin cup and a yard in length. l
| saw enough onions to scent the breath
| Of the continent. and vans and sweet
| potatoes of gigantic size. Nearly ev-
erything in the fruit and vegetable
| lines is cheap, delicious organges cost
! ing about three cents apiece. Vegeta-
| bles are usually sold in piles, SO that
you have to measure quantity as well
as quality by the eye, and the butchers
| sold their meat by the chunk or cut
rather than weight.
| Chickens were sold by the piece.
! They had all been dressed. the only
feathers being left upon them being
those of the tail These tail feathers
stuck out. showing what the color of
| each chicken was before it was pluck
ed Why the tail feathers are not re-
moved I do not know. The same Gus
tom prevails in China as to dogs. where
| a bit of the dogs hair Is always left
on the end of the tall even when the
| animal is cooked. But this Is because
| the Chinese consider the flesh of black
| dogs the best and most certain to put
| a brave spirit into the body of the
eater.
RUCKSTERS OF THE ARGENTINE.
Chickens are sold alive in Buenos
Ayres by hucksters, who carry them
from house to house In wicker crates
swung over the back of a horse. There
are no huckster wagons, and all ped
ding is done by men on horseback or
on foot. Turkeys are driven through
the streets by peddlers. You pick out
| the turkey you want from the flock
| and the owner will catch it for you
Fish and vegetables are sold by men
| who go through the city with baskets
| hung to the ends of poles on their
shoulders, and the milk Deddler on
horseback is still to be found in the
suburbs of Buenos Ayres. He has been
driven from the main part Of the city
and his place taken by the dairy COM
| panies, who now furnish good butter
and good milk in almost every block
| Until within very few years good but
ter was not to be had in Buenos Ayres.
| The country had millions Of cows but
not a score of good butter makers.
Farmers who owned 10000 cows I'M
| ported their butter in tins from the
United States or Europe, and quaint
ties came to Buenos Ayres from New
York In firkins. A few years ago an
enterprising Argentine established a
large dairy outside the city He
brought in butter makers from Swift
zerland, and now the city has as de-