The Lee County journal. (Leesburg, Ga.) 1904-19??, 1908-11-20
Queer Foods.

juice ana parsley 10 renQ6r ~ ready
for salad dressing or q sauce for
fish. &
In the Syrian quarter there Is q
grape honey especially good for chill
dren, and much used by all Syrian
families and also American families
that know about it. This honey Is
made from grapes, and is rather a
thick syrup. Strings of dried okra
adorn the Syrian groceries, and dried
okra is very good; but, when it can
be procured fresh almost the year
round in the large markets OF the
city. it seems unnecessary to keep it
dried. t
!, There is an Austrian sea slug
which is not especially recommended,
although 1t is sold in rather large
quantities every day. 1t is a species
of she'll fish without a shell, for 1t is
covered with tough skins The slug
is about four inches long and three
in circumference, and has white flesh.
The slug is also found for sale in
the Chinese quarter, where 1t is
dried like oysters. With the Chinese
and the Japanese there are any NUM-
Der of fresh vegetables, which are
grown in native gardens from inn
ported plants, and they are so differ
ent from our vegetables that many
think them worth trial Several Of
them, especially the turnips, make a
salad relished by all Americans. At
banquet given not long ago at 4
Woods Hole, Mass, DR.. "A. Field,
of Harvard, made an excursion into
culinary art, and figured as guest and
chef at a dinner given to sixty biolo-
gists, representing nearly all the
Eastern colleges and universities. The
dinner was given to prove that the
despised squid, the sea snail and the
sand lance Of the Atlantic coast are
food fit for any table. AS the emin-
ent professors and doctors found that
these foods were both succulent and
nutritious, and that they abound in
limitless quantities along the coast,
it may be expected that our markets
will soon add to their already large
assortment of odd things the whelk,
the sand lance and the native sea-
slug.
Another new vegetable which was
discovered in Fifth avenue shop
bids fair to be favorite with epicu-
rean New Workers. 1t is the ebay
ote," which comes from Costa RIGA.
The chayote is a vegetable that grows
on vine like a cucumber 1t is Of
delicious flavor and is eaten baked,
stuffed or as salad. The Japanese
water root and the Chinese water
chestnut both of which can be bought
at very reasonable rates in Chinese
grocery, are vegetables which tempt
many who like new and varied dishes.
They are crisp and delicate in flavor
and are good eaten from the hand
like radishes.
A tidbit well known to the average
epicure and much relished is the oys-
ter crab, which will soon be in sea-
son, The oyster crab is tiny crab
which lodges within the shell and
takes on the flavor Of the OYSTER The
largest specimens are no larger than
al dime, and they are generally much
smaller.
A trick of the epicure which few
know is the way he manages to have
his oranges so fresh looking and tast-
ing. He has made study Of foods,
and by observing he has learned
many things. The trick, which is a
good one to remember, is to massage
and battle oranges just as soon as
they are bought. The idea is of Chi
nese origin. In China, when the or
ange crop is harvested, the fruit is
laid for a short time in bath Of
water, after which it is scrubbed with
brush and aired 1t is claimed that
an orange not treated this way loses
its oil and soon begins to turn brown
and shrivel. In California the Chi
nese coolies taught the trick to some
of the ranchmen, and to those who
do not know how it is done 1t is a
marvel how bright looking and fresh
tasting are the oranges which have
been long packed away. One serving
oranges will find it q good plan to
massage and battle them, then give
them an extra fifteen-minute bath in
ice water before serving. After this
treatment, when peeled the fruit
seems as fresh from the tree. Special
orange brushes are sold in Chinatown
for this use.-H Harriet Quimby, in Les
lies Weekly,
- r!.a.