The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1910-09-18
PECUUAR|T|ES OF
CHINESE FARE
Taste for the Antique Seems to
Predominant
STRANGE CONCOcTIONS
Good Roasting Fowl sells TOT r""'
teen Cents--Mysteries of Most
Meals Eaten In the Restau-
rants of Pekin

A. eret the stranger In Pekin yearns
o.. the nastures which he has LETT De-
h,,d him in the west and he wonders
- ,ors- he can endure conditions here
writes a correspondent OF the Ne" ioi n
Sun from the Oriental capital. II ne Is
wise he learns to choke his desire ioi
cleanliness. he ceases to care that 'ne
-..ee of life is soiled and dirt encrusted'
bic olfactory organs become as those
- tho Chinese impervious to bad doors
aud he eats simply because he mas TO-
In the matter of food, Chinaman
.,s+a is entirely his own. He recognizes
NO other standard. He favors ,he "oi
III, of ancestors in his religion anu
.arart1,, has a taste for the antque
rts eooa for everything has Vasue
flavor of the past. .,o,,-can
&C. is cheap in China and you can
~ obaanly. The pig, like the US
roans where fancy leads him. ne So
ers what he may from art pIe non
dust heap Every day ne aP ppu'-, or an
s,o,,r table. disguised in one FORM VI ia
49, toqether with chicken, snlpe, WIZ
olnIi aigeo, or other feathered crea'ui e.
euon fsnoilies spend but cents uay
aarson for food, but your SUI - -
~ somewhat diminishes on payale 80
erst housekeeping bill when you llnu md md
one good roasting fowl cos's II
1na eggs hut 81 (Mexican). .,,a+ 10
W. ese agss of course are fresh; tnal 10,
80 to three weeks ola IL -
I,.ant them with a higher navor ~ o 20,
A II has been said Oh Chiieoe S,,to :
.ha+ thew are laid stale; pul q Vent
r,an nrefers his eggs saVory, I'll "a
l., thew are not offered TOT sun .he app
- fortnight after birth, WINE .ne u .
leafs. d a. -,sost esteemed is that winch na-.
WI" ilicN ,,.viaa in the ground Tor iroi,l 80
Deen .-aars Then, and only then, 40 10
10 NV 20 eavor reached; but oellcavi ,a
80, az this are for the rlch OF ''s
fastidious in taste. ..,.,a ore beans
other items upon your tapie III Linds
Ids fruits and vegetables OF an ~ ~
SALADS rus Ui.s,,asa understand the art Oh
Ior i,, Within and without .he ~
- the city are Kitchen sai
vans lizards carefully tended anu
siaa+ad to a degree not seen any
a.. the world outside of Chiiia. sor,t,,zer
Neither time nor energy no, Of the
=. r,larsd in the improvement y. 90 "a
Is spared ~, often proves ungrate1ui
erouna Of the needful rain. Evsi -
TOT 4,aara are neat little trencneu -,
,,ares watered from cenel", .ra,Iie
90 sometimes borderd with o,nt
matted bean stalks. Iheoe p ~
ere sown with all manner % 7agetable.
xxrft n
orcharas near by deceive you w.
Ins Snfrsion of blossom, for the irul'
rs neculiarly musty tasteiess nauo w.,
hitch for want of better "oiu wv
designate Chinese
n,ucn Care Given Gardens
Aster seeing the vegetables gro" IN ~
.hts neat and we'll ordered manner ~
ts dtsouieting to see them WasIeu ~
,,arket in the sluggish stream shll 'ins
~ walls into which much OF the re-
s,,sa of the city drains. You are III
ati1,sd 10 refrain from eating such pro-
S,,ne and are not surprised TO learn
that typhoid prevails among the nd
tives. -. m OF =
- onr own house we make an at
temnt to superintend the boiling OF wa
ter which is otherwise dangerous 10
drink. and we eat with certain Iee.ins
Of security; but in Chinese restau-
rant where we had accepted an INVITA-
tjon to dine the other evening our uh +,
easiness returned and we were nileu
with strange misgivings in spite OF the
fact that 1t was one of the best Whlch
Pekin has TO offer, the resort or man
darins. scholars and wealthy men OF
business. vGf ",
"Boy. of Forty
We set off in rubber-tired rickshaws,
accompanied by our hosts heda boy as
escort. He was a fat-stomached, smil J.
ing-faced boy of 40 summers and MS
bulging blue linen coat, shaven scalp
and oily queue would have graced a