Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-10-13
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O SON or OF other uncommon times nsh
ANA meat are added.
The principal meat OF China rs pork.
/ The pie "a seen everywhere h0hn1h-
| bling with The family IN the living
rooms and boz an other places. ChIness
| butchers know nothing OF our system
0f division OF meat by Joints anI they
cut on chunks 90 varying size ana
weight with no regard 20 art.cular diNi-
sI1ns Pork Us not The principal dish
of the meal. when u Is had. 10 is used
rather 10 give a favor t0 the boiled
rice or other -rain The food is ol
boiled together In o. mass and when
The family rs assembled around the pa-
ternal board each hIls h'7 bowl With
the mixture from toe center bowl eve
cry one putting his ohop5ucks into
g.
Fish Is highly esteemed 3'l over the
empire ana every part ot the. hsh is
dcyoured. No hsh Is considered small
enough 10 be cast aside. and none Is
too large 20 be divided The Chinese
are expert fishermen. and everything
literally Us FISH that comes tu their net
As in everything else the IrcOnceiva,
bile economy OF the Chlnaman crops out
Yields 10 him not Unly the kinds NJ fish
enjoyed by civilized peoples. but also
some things that cause disgust t0 l0t-
e.guers Imagine eating cuttledsh Oh
sharks or sea annmlnes 0r seaWCed.
Chinese dried oysters however, arc an
exceedingly interesting and tOothsume
proposition. proving that M some
things John rs not so far behind us. In
passing ~ may be noted that In dry
lug preserving or picking the Chinese
need acknowledge no masters In the
world The dried oysters are prepared
by spreading them I'M the sun for sev-
eral weeks How they are preserved
from decomposition as a trade secret
well guarded by the inscrutable man
ner Of the Chinese The result. how
ever. ls delicious when prepared boy
the Chinese en- the proper manner.
Large quantities of these dried oysters
and other preserved sea food are sold
in the Ch!nat0wus Of New York and
San Francisco. When one buys fish In
Chinese markets or. In fact anything
else Il Is we'll TO be on ones guard
against deception Things are not
what they seem" Is nowhere more true
than In China. For instance while red
and fresh looking gills are q sign 90
freshness I'm fish. too often has the red
ness been put on by hand boy ingenious
John
theoretically the Chinese have only
two mealtimes one IN the middle OF
the forenoon. and the other between 8
and 6 IN the evening. Practically they
DO not hesitate 90 cat whenever they
have an opportunity. The constant
aim and chief pleasure Of John China
mans existence are 90 obtain q feast al
the expense OF some one else He win
go 90 any pains 10 smuggle himself ia
az q wedding or other festiylty whore
good things 20 eat are TO be had. and
hts endeayors 90 prove relationship
with the celebrating parties are often
extremely amusing To boz eaten out
OF house and home Is only a Dhaue
with us. with the Chinese n Is often a
stern reality. As with Hinduism and
Judaism. Confucianism enjoins on lts
followers certain dietary regulations,
but those have long since fallen into
dlsuse and are universally forgotten or
disre-arded.
The staples Of Chinese food do not