The Savannah morning news., 1902-12-28
ODD THINGS TO EAT.
Strange DeIicacies which Have
Been Served to Bold, Rich and Fa-
nous Gourmefs.

Been Served to Bold, Rich and Fa-
nous Gourmets.
From the London Globe.
The meat of one man is notoriously
the poison of another. an axiom that
should be borne in mind during the pc
rusal of this article. for there are
mentioned in it divers articles OF diet
as strange as the Helladotherium
steaks, that it was suggested, when
Sir Harry Johnston's discovery of a
strange animal was first NOTED, might
yet figure upon our dining room Ia
bles, which some worthy gourmets
may consider. and rightly so. could
only be regarded as "dainties" by din
ers possessing distinctly depraved
tastes. Bearing this axiom in mind, the
| delica cies daily billed by a certain
| Frenchman running a restaurant in
New Orleans. which consisted of alli-
gator soup, rattlesnake stew, and bak
ed shark, ought not perhaps to be pill
| loried as an example of culinary bad
| taste, for the items specified may to
connoisseurs be extremely toothsome,
though some diners in their ignorance
would look forward to a dinner of
jaguar steak, such as was partaken of
| by the late Frank auckland, or the in
| far less apprehension than a meal COM
| prising any of the aforementioned
"dainties." Apropos of insects. cock
roach soup is said by the real con-
noisseur to be preferable to bisque;
| coupling this fact with the general rise
| in the price of foodstuffs, we can only
suppose that the patriotic wish of all
Britons to render this country self
| supporting will lead them to seize the
| of
| culinary purposes the most prolific
| class of live stock reared in this coun-
try. 1t may be mentioned that NJ. Da
| gins recipe for this delicious and
doubtless nutritious plat is simplicity
| itself: Pound your cockroaches in a
mortar; put in sieve and pour in
boiling water or beef stock"
About three years ago the wayfarer
| in Leadenhall Market had his steps in
voluntarily arrested by the appearance
of three or four Siberian bears hang
| ing by the heels, frozen, and dead-a
very unusual sight in London. Bear
/ hams have been a recognized dainty
| for some time past in Great Britain,
but the other choice cuts off bruin
have but rarely figured on British bills
of fare, those lucky individuals pos
sessing the requisite digestion to en-
| joy the joint preferring the home
| grown pork to the best specimens of
| bear; the taste of the latter, though
inferior to that of the succulent pig,
| is said to resemble it. We are unable
| to say whether it is on account of the
| entente cordiale existing between
France and Russia that bruin enjoys
a much greater popularity in Paris
| than in London, but it is an undoubted
| fact that the Partisan epicure regards
| the approach of the close season, for
| in France bear is considered to be
| game with considerable more forebod-
| ing than his London confrere. 1t is
| perhaps not altogether surprising to
| find that another delicacy of the desert
| failed to elicit much enthusiasm from
| twenty gourmets of Paris who tried it
some little time ago. The dish was a
forequarter of lion. Perhaps it was not
cooked properly; to roast the lion is a
| difficult feat at any time, but it is be-
lieved that those who partook of it
| have no desire to repeat the expert
| ment.
rather original dish was served UP
before the dessert of a st. Valentine
dinner given a few years since by Nine.
Emma Eames at the Hotel Marie An
| toinette in New York. When the fruit
| was about to be served waiter placed
| on the table a silver salver bearing
what appeared to be a chocolate repre-
sentation of the Juvenile deity in whose
honor the feast was held. Luckily,
| however before any SSSventurous guest
plunged fork into the supposed DAM
| ty it was recognized that the ambas-
| sador of Cupid was very much alive,
| and was, indeed, a living picaninny.
| Those present who were disappointed
| of their sweet had their reward, for M.
| Jean de ReSZke, who was present, sang
a French lullaby, after which the
! dish was removed. A mealie meal
! d'naIlVrp q niP9ninnV
deceit. are comparatively easy to pro-
| VIDE but luncheon such as was given
| to twelve members of a certain Lon
| don club about the second week in
| May 1900, is a repast of a lifetime,
| and one most difficult to reproduce.
Kangaroo tails a rAustralian, though
| a novelty to many, are not so to all,
| since a certain merchant of Leaden-
hall, recognizing that they furnished a
| gelantinOuS soup containing more
| nourishment than either OK tail or tur-
tie, imported several thousands. The
| saddle of reindeer that followed, with
| it's peculiar but natural and delicious
| salty flavor, was pronounced by cpl
cures present to be superior to any
other form of venison. The gathering,
| however met to eat neither kangaroo
| nor reindeer, though both dishes were
welcomed. That which they had come
to discuss consisted of an emu's egg
| Omelet presented by one or the MEM
| bers With great solemnity and care,
| for the shell was required for the pur-
| pose of being mounted in silver, and
used as cup, one end was sawed off,
| and the contents, which weighed a
| couple of pounds, were handed over
| to the club chef to exercise his art on.
| Other savories, including crocodile eggs
| and alligator eggs, were to be found on
| the adjacent sideboard. but the plat
| du jour was undoubtedly the omelet
| which, to most tastes, would be dis
tinctly preferable to a similar confec-
| ton as made in Africa, in which the
! beaten up with eggs. Adventurous in
| dividuals who have tasted the latter
| dainty assert that it is not unsaVory.
In days of yore practical culinary
| jokes were frequently practiced at the
| tables of the wealthy; on one festive
| occasion a stag made in paste but hol-
| low and transfxed with broad arrow,
| was filed with wine, which gushed
| forth when the arrow was withdrawn,
| to the amazement of the guest who
| undertook the task. A ship of paste
! at one end of the table discharged a
| broadside at a castle of paste placed
at the other on the same occasion, and
finally the gathering dispersed in con-
| fusion when the lid of one large pasty
was removed and out leaped a number
of healthy frogs, while from another
| pie several live birds flew out and
promptly snuffed out the candles. To-
day the culinary practical joke is not