The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-12-17

thick entrails of hogs and cattle are
cut into small pieces and blood sau-
sage fried in a shallow sheet iron pan,
in a gravy made of grease and to-
matoes and fine cut potatoes A loaf
of bread, called ''pambazo," or rather
"pan bazo," made of common -four,
and about three inches long, is cut in
half lengthwise. This loaf is hollow.
In the spoonful of chill sauce poured
over 1t; the other half loaf placed on
top, and there you are for three CEN
tavos.
There are other stands where only
tortillas con carne are sold. About a
tablespoonful of clean, sweet, boiled,
shredded mutton is placed on two
tortillas; that is made into a tight
roll and fried in mutton fat or lard
until 1t is a crisp brown. This is pala
table and nutritious. They sell for
three centavos. Sometimes the filing
is of vegetable hash. The latter are
very good also, and, according to the
size, sell for from one to three CEN
tavos each.
Some of the doorway stands sell also
boiled sweet potatoes at from one to
three centavos each, according to the
size. There are also tea and coffee
stands, where a cup of either can be
bought for from one to three centavos.
Some of the better class of stands keep
'tortas compuestas," which are
kind of a sandwich made of hogshead
cheese, sausage, boiled ham, fried
pork, canned corned, beef chicken,
etc. These sell for from six to ten
centavos each. according to the quail
ity of the meat used in them.
Breakfast can be had in the morn
ing from to 6 o'clock, either in regu-
lar eating houses or at doorways of
tinedas; cup OF tea, hojas de ma
ranjo" (orange leaves) or coffee can
be had for from one TO three centa-
vos. A cup of coffee and milk costs
five centavos, and loaf of bread two
centavos. In eating houses they sell
'panzita" or 'menudo" mixed with
boiled corn; an ordinary sized plate
full costs three centavos. In coffee
houses a cup of coffee and milk with
loaf of bread costs seven to fifteen
centavos, and a glass of pure milk six
centavos.
At the regular restaurant, where din
ner and supper is served, there is a
list of standard dishes and a regular
dinner costs fifteen, eighteen and TWEEN
ty-five centavos. The twenty-five CEN
tavo dinner includes a good piece of
boiled beefsteak. The following Is the
customary bill OF fare:
Beef or mutton soup, about an ordi-
nary sized teacupful, three centavos;
boiled rice, mixed with fine cut chill,
two centavos; guisado, a stew made OF
meat and three or four kinds of vege-
tables, three centavos; boiled beans,
two centavos; chicken stewed in a
dark mahogany gravy, three
centavos; boiled beef and potatoes,
three centavos; three tortillas. one
.centavo, or a small loaf of bread, three
centavos; a big glass of pulque, two
centavos.
In all fondas and even In good res
taurants the famous mole de
guajoote" Is the bill OF fare every
Sunday, and the sign Rico Mole de
Guajolote los Domingos" Is always WIS.,
ible either on the facade of the res
taurant or on the menu cards. " there
are any. Regular meals are sold every
day. and in all fondas until o'clock
In the afternoon; after that time serv-
Ice Is done a la carte, and II costs a
little more money TO get the same stuff
one can get before o'clock.
The cooking utensils and tableware
are always fairly clean. Where a Ia
blecloth IN used II II put on the table
on Sunday morning, and BY the next
Sunday morning u looks as II a drove
OF hogs had tramped over Il. The
muchachas or girl mattresses also don
a clean dress and apron every Sum
day morning and wear them al week,
az the end Of which period they look
~ II their wenrere had been dipped
in alop barrel and hung out on the
line 20 dry.