The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-09-18
A BEY FROM TUNIS FINDS
PARIS QUITE TO his TASTE
PASSES THROUGH TEST OF A LUNCHEON AND
FRACTURES MoHAMMEDAN FOOD RULEs-CHAM-
pAGNE TREATED AS A NEW MINERAL WATER.

/ eph, once reputed to be the $4,000 van
derbilt cook. Joseph was never a cook,
but a gilt-edged maitre-dhotel, or gas
tronornic expert. Georgette potatoes are
not what they look They are followed
out and stuffed with a farce" OF cray
fish.
Delicious" said the Vicomte de
Chaulnes, secretary OF the protocol to
the Bey. who appeared to be starting
intoa Georgette-potato-eating match with
the patriarchal first minister, delicious,
but rich-crayfsh, shrinps, spices, oil,
cognac, very delicious, but very rich!'
Sa1mon-trout with green sauce is the
great standby of springtime Paris. The
true Chateaubriand is rarer. The min
lister of war served it in the old style.
Invented by the illustrious light of
French literature after the revolution"
murmured the young Prince Tayar, who |
is still at his studies. /
Exactly" replied General Andre, /
that IS to say, it was invented by the
estaurant-proprietor Cham
peaux and named after Chateaubriand,
then minister of public instruction. He
took a thick piece of tender f1et ami
sandwiched it in between two thin
ru1np steaks. Then he gril1ed the
whole. The runp steaks yield their
gravy to the filet, and are discarded"
''El-Azziz- Bou-Attour is discarding
his Chateaubriand murnured Nine
Andre TO the aide-de-camp. He has
eaten no fish either He is an extra
ordinary old gentleman.
El-Azziz- Bou- Attour slipped his ice
water patiently while the Bey warmed
his stomach with curried chicken The
Bey up to this time had drunk iced min
aro1 1,1-a M,,ec,r1
man. The rare Bordeaux and the price
less Burgundies he turned down com
Dletely But after seven-hour mutton !
came champagne. The chief of the ;
faithful of Tunis drank three glasses of
he hzzy stuff in an absent-minded way.
Highnessn said lovely blonde, the j
wife of colonel, ''does not the law of !
Mahomet forbid the drinking of wine
n any form?" j
Surely" replied the hey. /
Champagne is wine" said the blonde
''Is it possible?" exclaimed the hey l
1e slipped another glass. smacking his
ips, in meditation mo" he answered,
it cannot be wine 1t is delicious. I f
hall continue to think it superior kind /
# mineral water, mademoisele, very I
I
The sever-hour mutton, with its &C c
of asparagus points, is I
owadays scarcely more than a tradi- i
ion IN France General Andre had it \
Or the bey 1t is leg of mutton which q
roasted very slowly fer seven hours. /
I'VE have Tunisian pi1aff that takes
ineteen hours to compose" said Prince a
'abar. the bev's third son. (They hey I
as thirty-seven in all. c
BOYCOTT ON CHAUFROID.
The aged minister passed the chau-
roid of guinea hen with truff1es So .
id most OF the other guests chau-
rod OF Rouen duckling having pois- y
ned a whole aristocratic dinner party =
My recently. At the salade Gauloise :
lie white-bearded El-Azziz- Bou-Attour
cyan to take interest again. There were
Mushrooms sliced thin as waters, cold
lashed potatoes. and that salad green
allied romaine
What is El-Azziz saying?" inquired
lime. Andre, fascinated. t
He says that the salad lacks only a
iced green peppers to be perfect an f
wered the caid. e
isn't he grand old MANI" murmur- t
d the. wife of the French minister of e
yar- Look at him using the salad
md he has eaten nothing since the q
lelon and the shrimp stufing" +
Pardon. madame, he ate three sor- a
cts !" (Sorbets are water ices served $
/ the middle of big dinners to stir up
ne appetite.) c
This is why all Paris is in admiration o
f the bey's first minister. The hey "
imself being slow, well-disposed, h
onscientious, placid and appreciative c
eeder, going through each dish in turn il
S if it were the one thing needful, v
ttracted far less attention than the aged a