Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-10-27

learning, a short time ago, that roast
bear figured on the menu Of city res
taurant, and yet equally Strange foods
are commou enough within the Iour-mile
laolus. n you have a weakness for rein-
deer flesh yCu can take home Int
from Leadcnhall market In the proper
season; you can buy indian bullock meat
In tins. or u YOU are more fastidious you
can feast on roast peacock, with ts sue
culent stufhng OF truftles, or on roast
swan
snails you can purchase, ready for eat
ing NJ the modest hgute - Is 6d dozen
or u you prefer frogs you Gan have
them timed whenever you please, or
frtsh during the winter months. You can
buy Kangaroo tails in Smithheli and
mako delicious soup from tnem birds
nests, all the way ffom china, are 10 b.
had for l2s OF so an ounce, and Will
boar'n head Is popular dish IN London,
and CHEAP enough fcr modest purses. fcu
can ENJOY cayiare which has come
straight nom the Nolga; sausages Of eV-
cry degree OF mystery from Germany
Italy and France. peach-ied hams from
America, smoked Gods roe, and the desie-
Gated spine Of the sturgeon
II you care for peaoocks' tongues, o
rare dclicaey you may have them II you
are prepared 70 pay the plice; q dish %
turtles lins viii cost you perhaps half
guinea and This ia the price Of Il
pound Of dried gray mullets roe, which
Is sold IN nat cakes with a thick cover
ing of heeswax, but you must pay four
times NJ much for a large plate OF the
finest strasburg foio gras With truffes
Timed larks have quite large sale IN
London aud IN Soho YOU can purchase
cocks combs or cocks Kidneys cured M
dozen different ways.
Perhaps you have a partially for In
dian dishes Very well. vou can have AN
Ideal meal for a reasonable figure. includ-
Ing such Items az pulao, koruna, koftas,
kabab, goobl-gosht, and shargam-gosht
Puao, II may be Interesting TO explain,
II an entree composed OF chicken and
rice, favored with cinnamon. pepper corn,
coriander, cumin seed cloves, and other
spices. and koruna is simply leg Of NUT
ton cut into tiny squares. richly seasoned.
with an addition Of sour curd composed
VI tamarinds, lemon juice and milk.
n this menu Is not adequate you may
add Bomaloe fish favored with tama-
rind toasted pOppodams and many an
other dainty from the east, while for
condiments there IS very. wide choice,
ranging from picked bamboo and bal
chaung, Burmese condlment made from
shI1mps. to picked mango and peppers
preserved in sherry.
AZ for strange and luscious foreign
fruits the name s indeed legion. From
Madeira and Portugal London gets a most
fragrant and luscious fruit Ia the squashy
pine, which resembles a pine cone, about
Ia feet long. and very juicy. From the
West indies we yet the alligator pear,
which. when seasoned with pepper, salt,
and vinegar. goes escellently with bread
and butter; the West Indies also send the
yellow and purpl' granadllla, fun OF de-
lIclous and most refreshing Jelly. Among
the newest and least-known Of these
fruits are also the grape fruit from
Jamaica and California. the Jamaican
mandarin orange. which IL plpless and
costs about FPS q dozen retail the custard
apple, with its rich pulp so suggestive
of custard; the loquat respra jap0nlca, a
canary-yellow fruit full Of the most re-
freshing and thirst-quenching juice; and