The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-09-18
az EER THINGS TO EIT.
worms aud Woodrhurks and Dr,I Fish
amt TRANSFORMER

worms and Woodrhurks aud DrNI Ti,l
amt GraSshOPp-rs.
Posslm and raCc-uun ar" generally rrn
s.dered pretty good eating m th" Jfl'.-
States bv folks whu wouldn dream p
tasting " ou-lChIrk And set. >ays a write
IN the imsricdn Boz "a" wuudchucA s "a
more cleaniy ia habits and ii.t ami j. Ia
bsttsr eating than cith-- uf th" former.
FrW people ere. awar" ,nJ. musk rat
are good To eat. and s,ilI NOR" rare ls tn
man who eats sAunA. Vet both Il these
animals ara eNc.l.nt 4 pror"-lv rp,h 81
PORK - an important art'ol" IT fupc
with AnGlo-SaNon and Teutonir peoples
and yet there az" whole races which u"
gard II ~ absolutely unfit for human
consumption Thn American Indians eat
many things which .eem strang" Ia the
white man. among them being snake.
lizards ana graSShopp~rs.
SnaSrs ar" not a. al BAD unr~ Ne ple
can uyerrum" their natural prejudice"
and lizards ar" eaten N many parts Of tho
World Grasshour"rS a." sand Ia max"
sNcs.lient soup. To- h." good fred or roasted
and many Indian tribes dry them and
grind them into Nyur.
C-i,4,.t- ar" aisp Irl.sd nj ground int
meal by Oregon AMI california Indians
and ants are used To- a large extent a. food
by Indians and African tribes IN"
samoan Islanders ar" very fond of =
specie- It marine worm which appears
periodically ~ their Islands and th" ma
tt,.S l.aN. an other occupations to gather
m. harvest ut worms.
In .iapsr '"ri,- ~ so, oral AIud- ara .,f"u
O., o great "yrout vhH., rurIu,- - rpl-.d
,.,'eu-. -, to- no" 'uh"r..~ roots. and
....,gyo.si- ut various tiud- form au Iu.
i.rraut nruc.. ~ ir"r CA "a" american
..,,,-r there. arr numerous .s!lh.n -..t.S .-l-
hut few peopl" a." aWar" that they arr"
s-d,tl" and nutritious In fact. "a" yalu"
~ 49, animals and plants ~ f"ud - httl"
knpEn and many a "a hl'r man would starr -
o. Death whore an A,ia'Io nr south Sea
Islander ~uuld find abundant frud f o.t-i
aw az IN an og"luIc I~lari
Gratis shrimp. "a sh.'l 10. an tat nearly
every marin" yros'Ir. ~ "dINl" whII" ~"
gigantic holp'hurIau.. pr "a 'IuuuiI'rs
49, A bundani 10 many tropical S's~ an" cuiI.
-darcd great d.Iics"y ny many ra"'s,
and th. industry - gathering diving and
shiIping th.-" D. y"rv important ia IN"
Malay-ian and Australian aa'.--
prlad ant ur.garrd Tor iuHrr'' fh"~"
creatures ar. kuDwu a. baoh...0s 'u.'r and
brinRa good pro" 90 tis.Ja I.tT"-''. hines.
G. r'...k and southern European markets
1h.. octopus ~ d"vilIl-h b. Al-' eaton -.
tepsIv.ly In china Iayau Greece. and
fh. West Indrs- and when tins r"pul-.g"
lpOkinR yrsatur" - pounded INTO a uI.p
and made INTO soup % - really excellent
Ia the. West Indies m" natives ar'' very
fond of th" great tr"" uIard- EI"Wu a-
igtlanas These creatures often grow '. five
rr az feet ~ length and Tho meat - ~hIt"
tender ard Nav, r.rd much Ik. thItk"u
In th, West Indies thor" Is a native laE,d
frog which ~ CDu- id-r''d "a doliDdDy hy ma
'Iy.- and European vI-If"r~ ala. lh.-~.'
If, tropical frogs ar, eaten y 'i" and ar"
..lth-r fred bruil"d OF slowed AMI 'a-'"
80 much hk. chicken or quail tH"v Hr"
rprntnurly called mountain ohI',"u when
served on hotel tabl"-.
The French and Italians consider snail.
and -lugs ~ daIntis- Of tn" highest order
while pIcA led "arthworrn- arr common
relish 40 southern EurDT'. and ASIA
In New Zealand there ocCur- a grub
which lives ~ tho earth and which - often
affected by a fungpus growth that springs
from the zrtIt = neck and pushes upward
to the surfaC. - the earth. Ihe-'. worm
grown mushrooms are gathered and eaten
and ara said TO be- very delicious when
properly cooked
Doubtless many other in -ects arr edit tho
and the Chimes" oven devour III" chry-alids
Of the silkwOrtn after the silk ~ un wound
from the cocoon They arr fried "a brtt"T,
with the yolk ~ an egg added. and arr Said
o. y" very fine.
Many vegetables are catan Nv variuI-
faces that seem ~tranE" 80 American
BamirOD shoots Isst" lii" asparagus.
aC1rrl- and pine nuts are mad" into flour
and meal, rattall pollen ~ used ~ cav"
making hy 'aliforniau Indians water lIiy
lOds ar. harvested m ia" upper MIs-is-
sippi Valley. and clover. crap" seeds and
-tifIfioWsr seeds nr'. used ~ M" Sam" way
In q q AfUWFHfsEF. =
the native. gather the ''saf tud ~ ia" royal
palm and this great white. smooth.
cylindrical mass ~ spld A. mountain
cabbage and - cooked ~ a VARIETY ~
WAYS St.w"i. fried ur roasted u ~
splendid. and eaten raw u taste, Ike
fresh. crisp celery For each bud gaih"r''i
"A MAGNIFICENT tree. IL destroyed and 10
many places on" may $3.50 vr';- Il ~"
towering deaf trunks hat once hpr"
crpvus ~ glo--y sr""u leaves. bu' winch
hay. Ee-n sacrificed for few cents
worth ~ the mountain "abbsR"
OF fDtIT-. Their. arr. sharks hn SOUP
sd!bla bir,ls' nests and other Chimes
IuNuTisS and no doubt YOU may hav"
rad nf eating monkeys ~ south America.
ArrnadilIoz bs,L ~ va their own shells
Wha'" and UOrpO'S@ steaks and alligator
taflu ara all well known ana esteemed
TROPICAL viands but 10 - only ~ "a Few
localities that one may sample flying f-h
outlets amt ssa "gE-
Barbalu- and tho u.ighhOriuR Antilles
are the headquarters Tor 10th OF these
dol ioari,.- and vLli- m" former ~ ON"
~ TIE. finest 81 .dibl'. fish. a. much cannot
he said ~ The Eitts~ be- -s,a egg ~ ~
reality large EpaUI'.s ~ sea urChin and
- u-..d Tor th'. table when filled wifh ro.'
or immature eggs They are lnuHhy
unapp.t' ling objects and 'ast. much liz.
sandy soup favored with fish.