The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-31


of dishes He is my authority for say
ing that one Chinese cook would have
conquered General Lees whole army,
so strong was heson sights and smells.
After the siege Of Paris, when French
men ate everything rather than starve.
some enterprlsing restauratcur put
UP a cafe near the capital. dedicated
Aux gems sans prejuges" Ito people
without prejudlces), and there he serv..
cd for a few years Siege especials'
bravest of the brave. But 1t was too
awful to last. At the San Francisco
dinner, though that Confederate vet
eran found. after much wary tasting
and many careful nibbles. one good
thing. He says that Chinese sweets
are far the best in the world.
POmpnnO and Gumbo.
We have our own delicious dishes
IN this country. and anybody In search
OF fresh gastronomic delights cca-rot
delicate and delicious that 1t ought to
be as big as the tarpon--and gumbo. in
one. of those little French restaurants
with sanded floors below Canal Street.
in New orleans. There is oyster gum
bo; there is crab gumbo: there is gum
DO aux fines herbes": each gumbo is
shade better than the last, and
enough to make one as greedy as the
millionaire gourmand who for MANY
years followed Strawberries from
South Carolina to Canada every sea
H., Z
Salmon and Melons.
It certainly is rot possible to forget
a Canadian salmon.s fresh caught and
broiled In corn shucks and served with
cucumber sauce, carefully favored
whose reputation has crossed the new
with lemon. It Is dish to set before
the King, so delicatelv appetiznF that
one can eat a huge slice and not feel
at al a,s snrfelted Then they raise at
boundary line between the III; two coun.
tries. and its praise is sung In the ,ex
IRENE South where siSt,y-p,o Pc,
aye as tempting as rice birds or the
famous Georgia peach or the beat bis
cult, hams and fried chicken of Ntr-
ga the ducks d t and
of the Valley of the Shenandoah, the
grapes figs and olives Of. Of cslifornia.
States
The Land of Cakes.
Scotland thinks the world Of her
oatmeal. on which the Roman legions
performed prodiges of valor. Only
Scot would stare to see us eat It with
| sugar and milk, instead of salt and
butter: But scenes. and bannocks bull,
| in Edinburgh itself are not to be de-
spised, and their .venison and salmon
are as good as the best, as good as
perfect compensation the English have
| for an abominable climate which turns
| the everyday Scotch mist into a reg
ular downpour on seven days of most
| weeks, months and years. Scotch trout
| are almost as good as the English sole.
! which banishes every remembrance of
seasicknes:s from the American tray
at TG the a1 b no and s pun IN
Scotland equals English whitehall as
cooked and served at Richmond or
THE swan" an Elizabethan survival in
scotch whisky. though. smoky. mild
! peculiar. is the great feather in the
Scotch Glengarry cap. for the Amer:-
can male tourist. He is apt to drink
no other for the remainder of his life
| What People Ent.
these matters. The German Emperor
got hungry one day in one of hs
sitting down to smoking bowl Of
| sauerkraut, he begged to he allowed
! to join them, was allowed to do so
so, we'll The Esauimau maiden re
| wells as much In nibbling at tallow
| candle as one of our girls over a box
of bonbons. The Russians relish u
much as we do our tenderloin The IN
| dans enjoy raw dog as much as Il
| Frenchman does a frog. stew. saint.
Certain 1t is that everything that the
children of men eat is to be found in
/ Covent Garden Market, London; Full
ton Street. New York, or Baltimore. In
the former Southerner would finu
dates from Syria and oranges from
Sicily. side by side with West India:
fruit" alias sweet notatoes from Car
DINA, Sixteen shillings the pound
| Oysters.
It Is wonderful the variety and the
deliclousness of all the good things
our Creator has poured out for the
benefit of the human race. And 1t is
almost as wonderful to think of the
brains and skill He has given people.
to teach them how to prepare things SO
the Scotch first began to import oys-
ters from England they ate them with
brown sugar! And there is a legend
that shows us that we owe oysters to
a coquettsh British maiden clad in n
skin and painted with woad. She was
q beautiful girl She had two suitors.
She was about to choose the wrong
was walking on the seashore with the
sutton whom she had long discourage,
and snubbed, and she had told him 1t
was no use bothering her any longer.
Suddenly he spied an oyster on the
beach thrown up by the sea. Kind
, fate had interfered. With a haggard
narrowed face the early British re-
jected picked up that oyster. lie
stuck a finger into the shell, 1t. was
promptly seized and so sharply nippeo
that he promptly withdrew it and
struck in his mouth. His lady Lore
who was looking at him. saw such ar
expression of joy steal over his beam.
ing face that she cried out, What Is
;; It; Cedric" He wouldn't even tel hel
again stuck in his finger and put II II