The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-07
Chinese Cookery rs Becoming a Fad

IN lamp and give a clear yellow fame
that is absolutely smoIeless. 81 Is also
/ one Of the hottest OF flames. He uses
it for hairdress.ng purposes as u luJr.-
cant, as a salad Oil as furniture polish
and as skin food. 1t seems to be "a FTry
cheap oil, for the Cninese viii sell PINT
bottle full for CeIts-if they know their
customer. To the casual white man
prices are APP to oe alaImiusy gu AID
elastic.
1t seems strange that so little is known
in this country Of the valuable oil Wui %
the peanut yields. This cJUutrJ has tue
reputation of being the chef prJ-u. e.
Of peanuts, yet no Oil seems to b.. sN-
pressed from tenn ia the South ar.ori-
ing to the BOOKS. 1t seems no !up.o1-
able that the Chinese impDr, Ameri AN
peanuts into their own colutry extra c
the oil, and then export a cJ-si raJ,s
quantity OF the prOIlCt To the Chinese
residents of this country.
Great cleanliness characterzss Chinese
cookery. The idea tuat Chl1aMau Is
Hlchy iii all his ways Is erroneous. 81 y..4
ever visit a big Chinese restaurant .u
Chinatown, ask the propcie tor Wueu yJu
nave finished your dinner To show you
through the kitchen. fl he happens to
like oar lODks-aud above all, n he has
approved of your table mauuers-ha Will
probably DO so, and You Will see lue
cleanest and ueatest Kitchen You have
Ike been scrubbed ana aitCrWard WOrR-
cd over with sand and d heavy s,Jue
until IL is smooth and white as paper.
Everything Will s.en 20 be IN It's pa tH,
even ii YOU have been taken ion right iu
the middle of the rush uaur. There l5
10 liter, no garbage, nothing il sight
that could offend the most lastillJ Is
person. Every utensil made OF metal has
been scrubbed and polished until d.
shines. The Chinese Kitchen, In fact. can
rival any Dutch Kitchen as far as neat
q n IN
The one thing lhat the visitor viii noe
tiCC is the total lack of table linen. Your
Chlnaman knows TWO flbrcs-sllK aat
cotton. lie mas some coarse kinds ~
linen in his country which he uses Tor
sulen:ug garments and for Innings iIe
never used table linen in his own cpun-
try and he IS not going TO do 30 i'm -his
one. The dining table viii be- clean. bIt
it viii be quite bare Of covering.
Reference has been made to the China
mans study Of the table manners of his
guests The Cinnamon himself eats "I
Of his food. from a grain Of rice ~
choice piece Of steWed shark fin as big
as an egg, with a pair Of chop sticks -
two pieces OF ebony about eight inches
long and a little smaller iu ca!Iber than
a lead pencil; they are square al OCs
end and round at the other the round
end is the end to eat with. Because 1t
the skill required to take up lODd WI h
these implements-Wh are both he'd
in the right hand-the Chuaman Is
very dainty and neat eater. lie never
he is eating. He does not like peJp.
who come into his restaurant to laugh
and eXClaim at everything. He hates
talKy giggly girls. He does not Ike 90
see people spill gravy all over the table.
or drop their food AS O. matter Of fdct
he is probably the most eXactiLs crILis
Of table manners that can be- found. lr
you want 70 be respected by Chinese
restaurateur if you don't want 90 bs
OVercharged il you want 20 get his best
cooking and If you want TO be Welc1m3
next time you come, put on your very
best manners.
Behave about three times more care
fully and decoTousiy than you would at
the " aldorf-Astora. Be diguifed and
don't talk until after dinner. ana o. is
barely possible that you viii come no TO
and viii have obtained the appreciation
OF one VINO is really good Judge
The Chinese ectcel-aCcOrdinE TO Amer
lean tasteS-in the cooking of things that
are usually eaten In this country but ths
man who wants to know what cooking
really is should be a little more adven-
turous. They have a way OF cooking
what Is apparently the swimming bladder
Of fish Of the sturgeon class that makes
that strange substance most delicious to
the taste. Then there are two or three
Chinese MOSES which are edible ana
which the Chinese cook so that thev ara
q deltcacy. The web from a duck feet
does not promise anything apDetfzfnss
but the ClLnaman makes a dish from m
nj Tor anyone to eat. What YOU have
picked out good Chinese restaurant
stick to it-if YOU like the place-ond
pretty soon the proprietor will be taking
an interest in plotting you through the
intricate science OF Chinese cookery.