Evening star., 1901-02-25

nice grasshopper pie or cake The grass
hopper pie is the most wonderful DISH as
the Dig hoppers are prepared in such a way
that they do not lose their form or any OF
their parts. Care is taken to keep the
grasshoppers intact. and they are artis-
tically arranged on the top crust of the Die
"faie on the interior are some of the broken
noppers mixed with special foods The
grasshopper cake has the grasshoppers
sprlnkled through it, and resembles plum
or raisin cake
In some sections of the islands the ma
tives grind the crispy hoppers into a fine
powder, and this powder is used for making
articles OF food, and in some places it Is
reduced to liquid form and taken as AN ar
ticle of drink
Another article of food which is relished
pS the natives is procured by collecting
large quantities of moths from the rocks
OF ,ne mountainous regions In several
Spots In the mountains in Panay and other
isianus i, OF the southern portion of the Phil
ipplne group | saw moths existing so thick
~ III the rocky tissues that they could he
scraped OFF into buckets by the quart The
nouns seemed to mass in the creyicas and
mere hahg One could get a barrel of the
nouns IN very short while The natives
have not failed to investigate the wnrtb -
the moth as an article of food and tbev
use the insect in large quantities. Their
! L liUue Oh catching consists in going to the
nra,,a ,,ro ,n parties OF dozen or more with the
moths ee'iis tiie
Inc scraplng process is used in some sec-
IONS CONS oi the Islands. while in Negros Isle
Gifftral ,c.iariS NOTICED that they adopted
olHefent scheme. Here they spread = Nm
poo mat on the ground beneath an over
hdtslhs colony of the moths and then mo
ceed 10 disturb the insects with the point Of
d spear OF piece OF bamboo. The little in
sS, 1ve'9 loSe their hold and drop to the mat
Ihey are slow of action and before thev
Can CRAWL away the game is bagged
Moth Dainties
The dainty natives will not eat the wings
or the heads of the little moths. and so thew
now take steps to remove these obiectiona-
bic parts. This operation consists In crs,+
ing heat to such an extent that the tissues
IN the heads and wings become baked and
crhmbie off. The natives accompljsh tbis
end by cutting holes in the earth In which
nor hres are burned until the earth is quite
not. Ihen the hot Goals are taken awav
ana the moths are put into the highly heat
eu openings: The intense heat crisps the
head and wings to ashes so that when 20
moved from the hole and subjected to n
sifting operation through netting. the pow
derec parts are sifted off. leaving only the
pouy. 1nls process also does away with the
legs O1ten the moths in their present
stage OF preparation are eaten with some
sugar or with other articles of food Again
the moths are used in conjunction with
other mixes of food in the form of pudding
ally used In mixtures with the moth and
cocoanut cake and pie, and moth filings
are common. Then in some instances the
moth Is again baked and reduced to pow
der by pounding in rice-pounding bowls
The powder obtained in this way is sweet
ened and used in various FORMS
The horrible bat of the islands which
here grows in many cases to the size of the
American chicken hawk, is also eaten in
sCme sections of the Philippines The best
classes of natives, however, do not eat the
bats. The mode Of catching the bats is
peculiar. The cities, towns and barios of
all of the islands of the Philippine group
are quite overrun with bats, which f1y
through the streets at night in large num-
bers. They fly slowly and seem incapable
of lodging articles in their path There
fore, the native takes a long pole puts a.
sCrt of combination hooked advancement
at the top and takes position in street
and with the pole held erect waits for bats
to come along and bump into the hooked
portion. AS the native sees a bat coming
he plans to have the hook in it's path and
as he moves the pole, as to bring the
hook into contact with the head of the bat
the latter usually strikes 1t with a bang
and drops to the earth stunned when the
native proceeds to promptly put the bat to
death. After standing in his position for
an hour or more, the native has little pile
of bats at his feet. These he takes to the
market the next day and receives about
two cents each for them. The bats are
eaten only in small part. The wings and
head, and. in fact. all but small portion
of each side are thrown to waste