The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1903-04-25
ODD THINGS TO EAT.
Strange Delicacies Which Have Been
Served to Famous Gourmets.
(London Globe.

The meat of one man is notoriously the
poison OF another, an axiom that should
be borne in mind during the perusal of
this article, for there are mentioned in it
divers articles of diet as strange as the
Helladotherium steaks, that it was sug-
gested when Sir Henry Johnstons dis
coyery OF strange animal was first
NOTED, might yet figure upon our dining
room tables, which some worthy gour-
NETS may consider, and rightly so, could
only be regarded as 'dainties' by diners
possessing distinctly depraved tastes
Bearing this axiom in mind, the delicacies
daily billed by a certain Frenchman run
nlng a restaurant in New Orleans, which
consisted of alligator soup. rattlesnake
stew, and baked shark, ought not per
maps to be pilloried as an example of
culinary bad taste, for the items specified
may to connoisseurs be extremely tooth
some, though some diners in their igno-
rance would look forward to q dinner of
Jaguar steak, such as was partaken OF
by the late Frank Buckland, or the insect
olet proposed by M. Dagin. with far less
apprehension than meal comprising any
of the aforementioned "dainties.'' Apro-
pos of insects, cockroach SOUP is said
by the real connoisseur to be preferable
TO bisque; coupling this fact with the
general rise in the price of foodstuffs
we can only suppose that the patriotic
wlsh OF all Britons to render this country
self-Supporting will lead them To seize
the obvious opportunity of converting fo
culinary purposes the most prolific class
OF livestock reared in this country IT
may be mentioned that Nj. Dagin's recipe
for this delicious and doubtless nutri-
uous plat is simplicity itself: Pound
your cockroaches in a mortar: put in
sieve and pour in boiling water or beef
stock" VI Si
About three years ago the wayfare,.. j.,
Leadenhall market had his steps in v,i,,nli
tarily arrested by the appearance of
three or four Siberian bears hanging hv !
the heeis, and dead-a very unusual sioht
N London. Bear hams have been a
Cng fCscognl2ed @ dainty for some time past in
fe Iledt brltaln, but the other choice cuts !
~ ~, pEuln rin nave but rarely figured in Brit |
lsn ollls OF fare, those lucky individuals |
possessing the requisite digestion to en-
NY, Joy tae l9lnt preferring the homegrown |
pork 10 the best specimens of hear. tha
laste OF the latter, though inferior In tt,at |
y. ~ @ Tne succulent pig, is said to resemble |
y. we are unable to say whether n IL ~
account OF the entente Cordia,a eyiSt,ng
9et~een France and Russ a that hr,Ii1 ava
lIys much greater popularity in Paris
nan IN London, but 1t IS an rndo,ht,sS
-act that the Partisan epicure regards
ne rIIe dpproach of the close season fo,. in |
,,itt jd.iee pear IS considered to be game
rt.n ~. co9slaeraole more foreboding than
10, L.ohoon contrere. Tt is PERTAINS snnt
surprising to find that another
~ ~ lei.usldsm =. from twenty eoIIrn,ets -
rarls who tried it some littIe ti,,e 30, %
ne dlsh was a forequarter IF iion p6 pp6o'
,,aps II was not cooked properly 10 ~east
lie non IS difficult feat AT spy ti,,,a
igt IL IS beiieyed that those who 11a,.,pI,
tepeat the feX-
= rather original dish wassse,,,..5
-us osssert OF a St. Valentins dir |