The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1902-09-21
EGGS OF VARIOUS KINDS.


VI tne Gcn M OtncE Ohfhs
and Birds-How to Cook Them.
New York Press.
The finest eggs in the world are those Of
the quail, but no one likes to confess hav-
ing eaten them, as 1t would be unsports-
manlike- 1 have seen a country where
bob white" was so plentiful as TO be a
nuisance to farmers. and as no one shot
the bird for food the nests were destroyed
to prevent it's natural increase. A dozen
quail eggs would be a delicious meal. In
grading wheat we often discovered nests
containing ten or fifteen eggs, and as the
hen would desert these in the stubble II
was no crime to appropriate them for the
table. Quail are so scarce to-day that any
one robbing a nest would go TO jail or he
shot.
The annual supply of eggs in the United
States is said to be about s.5OO. 600, or
more than 700.T0.O0 dozen, and their value
Is equal to that OF the product of our gold
and silver mines. Some men eat two dozen
eggs a day, some do not eat two dozen IN
a year. They are supposed to render GER
tain folk bilious. A raw egg may be di-
gested in two hours, one soft boiled in three
hours, hard boiled in three and one-half,
fried in three and one-half, roasted in two
and one-quarteT. Did you ever roast an egg
before the fire? Place on top of Ii a straw,
and when II is done the straw Will make
q Dalf revolution. A well-roasted egg Is q
delicious morsel. In the days of wood fires
II was more common to roast eggs than TO
boil them. Tombstone speaks of their be-
Ing "fl-roasted, all on one side" and we
are Indebted to Pope for these lines:
One likes the pheasant's wing. and one the
leg;
The vulgar boil. the learned roast an egg.
Notwithstanding the vast consumption Of
eggs. no sort of attention is paid to their
flavor. One egg is supposed to be just as
good as another so long as both are fresh.
In most food products we pretend TO be
discriminating. We see a wonderful diff
ference between a game chicken and a
Cochin. between a Hamburg and a Plym-
outh Rock, when broiled for breakfast;
between a puddle duck and an Aylesbury,
between a bronze turkey and a Narragan-
sett. ETC., yet in eggs we notice but one
quality, namely, that of ~soundness. We
do not notice whether the shells are white,
uff. yellow or speckled. We do not care
whether they are laid by a Leghorn. dork-
ing. dominique, Brahma or Black Spanish.
Thomas Weighanchor Lawson raises his
own eggs. His hens being fed on the
choicest food that money can buy, their
product Is corresponding1y select. A hen
fed on onions for a few days will impart
a very distinct onion flavor to her eggs. 1t
may, therefore, be assume That other food
Will AFFECT the taste in like manner, hence
a hen that feeds in a filthy barnyard will
not lay so good eggs as one fed on care
fully prepared grain and dough. 1 should
luinh every IMAM dDle TO own a farm WOuiQ
raise his own eggs, as Lawson does. How
ever, some very rich persons prefer the
scavenger puddle duck to the canvasback
that fattens on celery. There is no poorer
food than duck Eggs, wild or tame, and no
better than turkey eggs, wild or tame.
The man who gets eggs for his money"
is easily imposed on. When ~goslings want
to drive the geese to pasture they are
teaching their grandmothers to suck
eggs To tread upon eggs is to walk
gingerly. An old-time method of choosing
q nddlA h0ra4 49, - - fanaf lNr
was to test it on an ''egg trot." that is.
place eggs In panniers on either side Of the
saddle and urge the animal to a trot. If
the eggs did not break the purchase was
effected, other qualities being satisfactory.
All of us have seen horses that could trot
without so much as adding an egg. not to
two eggs" are supposed to be exactly alike;
which is an error. From the egg to the
apples means the whole dinner. A bad
egg" we are all familiar with, and occasion
ally one of us is it. There is a ducks
egg" in the game of cricket. Golden eggs"
are great profits.
To roast an egg properly is to first boil
it.: then, after removing the shell, take out
the yolk, braid Ii up with spices. put 1T
back again, put the egg on a skewer and
roast 1T. If you have not eaten an egg
thus prepared you have something to live
for. 1t is the best Of the 240 ways of cook
ing an egg
The greatest of eggs was the mundane
egg" The Phoenicians, Egyptians, Hin
docs. Japanese and many other ancient ma
tions maintained that the world was
Matched from an egg made by the Creator.
is as good a theory as any. To accept
IL is to remove a million doubts. 1t is quite
as sensible as the making of Eve out of one
of Adams short ribs. And it is not more
sensible than the story of Arimanes,
prince of earth and air. or prince of the
powers of evil" who pierced the egg made
by Oromazes to contain tw~enty-four good
spirits, and thereby mixed evil with every
good.
Don't put all your eggs in ore basket
is as old as the hills, and has been the
guide of countless successful men. Recent
ly Andrew Carnegie changed it to this
Put all your eggs in one basket, and
watch the basket" Each points to a USE
full moral.
Frank Charles, who has had years of ex-
perience in the care and breeding of poul-
try. maintains that he is an expert, and
declares that he will give a bond and guar
I antee that with less than 5000 capital any
one that understands the business can
start a plant that will pay 3 per cent. the
first year, II per cent. the second and third
years, and 50 per cent. for the balance OF
time;' and at the end of the third year
have an establishment that can be sold for
5000 cash. If Devery sees this" he says,
~He may raise all the eggs and chickens
for the Ninth ward and thus hurt the Beef
trust"