New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-06-24
EFFECTIVE IMPORTED COSTUMES.

and am especially fond Of certain Of your dishes
nbo6 NAG 10 MAKE cn6Se OF one or Inc 0Ine[
the Chinese mode just because of that variety
The French method Of cookery IS more like the
Chinese than any other and our cooks have learned
many cunning recipes from French chefs employed
in great houses in China
novelty IN CHINA very ceiepratea one was M
ported by one Of our great men one OF MS a1tche9
who quickly caught TO the Frenchman's tricks.
knew as much Of French cooking as did the French
man. and could combine with it his knowledge Of
ePT BEST m eOq Nov BE PP to Boy Ho
9ok up 6 IN bas ne he employs bo many n6
ployment as cooks in large establishments He per-
ing the final touch to special dishes which are to
be served.
SOME FAVORITE DISHES.
The diet differs different parts of China
rally More oil, for instance, will be used in prer
pairing food in part than in another. Certain
dishes great favorites with the people Of one To-
cality Will be unknown in another, but wherever
one goes in China there is much variety in the
preparation of whatever products Of meat, vegeta-
bes fruit obtainable OF course. the poorest
people use rice great deal taking the place of
bread in this country, but with 1t they have guam
ties of fish. both salt and river fish, Of which my
countrymen are exceedingly fond Then they have
pork and twice a month always special feasts at
which chicken and other things not so regularly
the very poorest classes and at such times special
white wine made from rice which Is considered
most healthfuI The standard Chinese dish for the
the poor is made from rice, but the standard is
subject to many variations.
away ahead Of your country we have all Of your
time when Strawberries were not common but now
they grow very well, and in quantities We have
Li chez which is more delicious than any Other
that I ever tasted and Of which you know nothing
dried La Chez in England but of course it is
proverbial for its delicacy and the way we pre-
The Chinese laborer, whether IN the field. factory
or shop fares vel In the matter Of food Every
en9 Goes not nave to provide In that way Tor him
self out Of his own earnings. He eats IN his mas
served to him in great abundance If he has a
family he looks after them of his earnings.
especially. little rice or other wine Is served
every evening, it being considered a proper and
condition Of the laborer so that he gives increased
s When asked n if there were dietary LAYS
Te!Lainon 70 meats and their manner OF cooking,
sfT 1a aTs aGRg ing the same e line IN all countries and
In rare instances are not thought Of observed"
TINY NICE NOT EATEN"
The Minister pooh-poohed the idea that tiny
young mice dipped IN honey were considered deli
cacies, and laughed away the suggestion that
rodents were used articles of food saying that
he never heard of such thing. Replying to an
inquiry TO the choicest daintiest dishes that
can be served at a rich mans table in China he at
once replied:
Birds nest soup and sharks fms You cannot
imagine anything delicious than sharks fins
They are cooked in certain manner with oil and
SO prepared as to make most palatable dish and
are always included in the menu of a specially
fashionable dinner. l'
You ask if Chinese women are fond of sweets?
Certainly and Chinese men. We are
sweets loving nation, and meal seems comDlere
without some sweetmeat. The women have the
candy habit, just the OF this country
and while they are not personal customers of the
candy shops American women thew are
probably as profitable patrons, for they are con-
stantly sending their servants to buy whatever
may be their favOrite sweetmeat. Our women are
not the purVeyors for the homes as in this coin
try-they DO not go TO market or make out the
list OF what is to be used. The servants do that
but If there is some particular dish either master
order Is given, and the dish appears without fail
In short IL seems to me- that summed IN vbia
your mode of cooking may be more condnci,a 70
good digestion according to rules health o1rs s
the more palatable, and the fact remains that we
are exceedingly healthy and long lived race
and yet have not suffered from the varietv ~
food and its preparation which is to be met win
throughout kingdom" WIN
AS Minister WI is cosmopolitan widest
experience, and has eaten all kinds of food in ali
kinds of countries, his tribute the methods ~
his own in this regard may be taken as inst nd
merited one. 800
MEETING OF W. c. T. q. IN SCOTLAND
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