Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1909-01-22
GOTHAM CAFES now
SERVING 'POSSuM

Since the coming of Mr.. Taft. the
'possum has been elevated in the ranks
Of culinary daintles throughout the ma
ton. In fact, 'possum stock Is above par.
The coming Of the president-eiect to At
lanta has given Br'er Postum almost I'M
limited advertising in every state In the
union.
1t is announced that In the hotels and
restaurants of New York. the 'poss1m Is
the subject of much discussion. There is
already a demand for 'possum on the
menu, and it is asserted that in short
time New Workers. viii be feasting upon
the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. marsupial.
The culinary ascendency of the 'possum
is discussed as follows in the columns Of
the New York Times:
Cafes Take Notice
Is "Br'er 'Possum'' finally to CONS
into his own and take his place beside
''Br'er Rabbit and the other brethren
of the animal kingdom, imnortaltzed BIZ
Uncle Remus," in the stories Of that
name by the late Joel Chandler Earris.
and become after all these years enc OF
the deIieacies OF the American tabie7
If this is true, ..Br'er 'Possum' will
owe his elevation to the next president
of the United States, for had it not been
for that famous possum and taters din
ner served in Atlanta Friday night Il is
likely that old *BT'er Postum would
have remained. perhaps for generations
yet to come just as obscure, so far as the
epicure is concerned, as he has since ths
first colonials saw him and wondered
what he was.
Yesterday in the hotels, in the most fire.
quented restaurants and in the big game
establishments the opossum was the most
discussed delicacy, and while few of them
were to be had il could be easily seen that
within a few weeks "'possum and taters"
will be just as common in New York as
in Coweta county, Georgia, where they
are as thick as are the huckIeberry bushes
in the land-rfdden hills of Jefferson coun-
ty. New York
Yet there were those to be found yes
terday who were cruel enough to sug-
gest that maybe Coweta county had
press agent and that it was due to the in
genuity of that unidentified person that
the twenty-four pound 'possum that was
served to Judge Taft in Atlanta got such
a tremendous advertising in all the news
papers of all the states in the union
Prepare To Serve 'Possum
At silz's. in Fourteenth street, one Of
the largest game dealing establishments
in New York, 1t was said yesterday that
thew are already prepared to furnish their
customers with opossums and that they
have some OF the finest to be had in all
the south new on the hooks. AT the big
hotels il was said that while " 'possum
and taters" are not to be found on the
regular menus as yet, they are ready
nevertheless, 20 serve the choicest Coweta
county style '''possum and taters" to all
who may desire that delicacy.- The only
thing they ask is time TO repair TO the
game markets and pick out such speei-
men as the one that Judge Taft declared
was 1.-THE finest thing have tasted in
weeks"
At the waldorf Astorie Rene, the
French chef, said that while. Jrass2ms
were strangers TO his native land, he had.
nevertheless. STUDIED the question and
was ready to serve it in a fashion that
could not be surpassed by even the Ia
nous .''posstIm'' chefs of the st. Charles
In New Orleans or the Piedmont in At
Ianta. Here is how Rene said he serves
'possun. and tate-s:i
''Roast the opossum until it is well done
and then serve it with currant jelly sauce
and port wine and with broiled sweet
potatoes. OF. course. plenty Of gravy goes
with it.
.aThat ALL said Rene. and 1 win
guarantee that even the governor of Geor-
gia never tasted a better cooked opos-
sum-"