The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1905-05-03
QUEER AND COSTLY MEATS.
New Y Yorlxers PAY Well for Sl1unlzs, Musk
rats, Boars and Bears.
New York Sun.

I for the black snout sheep, which is
certainly f ne breed Of mutton, and
who consequently will not be satisfied
with anything else. So in order to
satisfy them we must be able to sup
ply at their order Scotch mutton.
ooh, yes, !. can be had over here.
In fact, almost any product grown the
world over may be had in the New
York market if people don mind pay
ing the price. The rarcst game and
fancy meats do not, however. always
appear on every day menu of this or
any other restaurant.
Occasionally we have boar and
! bear meat on the menu, but as rule
these meats are ordered specially some
days ahead, generally for particular
occasion like private dinner or a
big banquet.
"No, boar and bear are never served
as roast The quality of the meat
requires very skillful cooking to briug
out the flavor, and here our chef
braiscs it, which means that the meat
ia cooked in covered dish and con
tanning various fayorings; the secret
Of which he alone knows.
1--WE have so many epicures among
our list Of patrons that all we have to
do when our refrigcrators contain any
thing particularly fine in the game line
is to give them u hint. The cost has
nothing to do with the matter.
1T is mistake, though, to say
that Americans pay more in New York
for food spccialties and expert cook
ing than they do anywhere else. In
Paris, for instance, in the best res
taurants, porti)ns of rare meats and
game come just as high as they do in
this city, if not even higher.
In the case Of boar and bear meat
served in this restaurant, one portion
which would practically be enough for
two diners Of moderate appetite,
would be about $3.
Just now, although the law has
shut down upon most of the feather
ed game. New Workers can have all
the birds they want, for the reason
that there are many kinds Of imported
game in the market which may be had
at any high class restaurant. There
is no law against the use of imported
game. { The only precautions We take
is to have our invoice and customs
receipt oil ready III case the game in.
spectors drop in on us, which they
have way Of doing unexpectedly.
1.-The imported birds come to US
frozen, and, although not quite 80
toothsome as2the native variety in its
season they are an excellent substi.
tute. & There ere, for instance, ptarmi-
gan from Canada, Scotch grouse and
Egyptian grouse-the last being i'm.
ported direct from Egypt.
AT this time Of year pet dish
here with the game eaters is incubato,
guinea fowl, from which all the bones
have been removed before it is cook
ed, and incubator chickens, stuffed
wrich look almost like SQUAD when
sar:ed, but have quite different
flavor.
"One Of the most pronounced fads
among the epicures at present-fol
there are.fads in eating as well as in
everything else-is a devotion te
, French oysters. Rather than not be
in the fashion many people order i'm,
ported oysters who really find thei,
flavor unpleasant. Apropos Of thei,
favor, young man remarked to me
one day:
Undoubtedly, French oysters are
very 6ne, but what would like tc
know is this:s. How can fellow tell
when he gets bad one?'
"Russian caviar at 90 pound is a
Wand now in demand, and one pound
if one has an extreme fondness fol
the delicacy, will serve about three
persons. It is not uncommon here
for two persons to put away pound
between them, although the same
quantity may be portioned out among
ten persons.
There has been great deal Of
talk about the American fisheries rails
ing and exporting caviar which equals
in quality the Russian article, but
that, in my opinion, is absolute nop.
sense. One might just as we'll COM
pare swapping turtle to terrapin.
And speaking of terrapin, food
connisseurs are making much Of them