The citizen. (Frederick City, Md.) 1895-1923, 1911-08-11
JESTS BY EP|CURE
German Makes Many lo..,
About American coosino
critieises Our s~es; Teo;n s,s :.
eIsres Our Hossts Are Tsy.l.,.
Tells Of Chickens asa.
as s;erks.

New York-Ernst von Wr.y,...
who came to New YorE last sir.s.
study socis! conditions. Is -. !.
letters and in his Own ccur,rg 49,
higher IL a literary sense than ms,.
OF bis countrymen Who visit The r,,s
ed States Il was 70 Be eg-e.,.,
therefore. that be would carrg no..
valuable impressions Of life here -,
be seems 10 have been ine-ss.ss
chiefly b. the crudities o. TIE cu.s,ss
To him American ccokirg Is SO er,.
tesque and naive q gasuoucnic 81.
tenn that his ridicule Of Il lies tD n.
least serious fields OF hurlssg.e 4,
a conclusion 10 al be observed bers
be thinks Americans want everything
SO sweet that frequent visi, 10 ,bs
dentist is ineyits bic. From the eo,.
fee in the morning until the late sun
per he finds that Americans mus,
have their sweet tooth satisfied or
they are unhappy.
Il is not easy TO say II what kincs
Of homes Herr Won Wolgozen studied
life here. since be finds tia, the 90
nestle service in the best houses Il
so poor that it is difficult 10 get he
dishes washed and the result Of tbs
is the necessity of getting along viii
one knife. This condition be SAYS
makes it difficult to eat roast beef. as
the silver knives will not cut il and
there are no houses in which 10Th
kinds of knives are found
He remarks that OF all the roasts
served Oh New York tables. teel is
alone possible to eat. since lamb
chops and veal outlets are tasteless.
Perhaps the most astonishing state
ment he makes in reference 10 the
roasts is that at certain house De
received for dinner honey as a com.
pote. Surely this is unique not only
in his experience. but in that Of most
New Workers. Compete or stewet
fruits are seldom served in American
families. but are to be found on the
tables OF Germans. so Herr Won Vol
gozen must have had this experiencs
in the house Of some OF his com
patriots.
Game" he says in one place, is
much more eaten in the United States
than it is with US. Poultry grows To
the most improbable dimensions here
have seen chickens as tall as stork;
and as fat as a poodle dog.
The flesh of these abnormally
large beasts is. however. not tender
and the limbs in particular acquire
an entirely different character iron
the flesh on the breasts. 1t turn:
brown and succulent in the roasting
while the white flesh remains dry and
, favorless
It is evident that what Herr VoE
Wolgozen describes as a chicken must
have been a turkey. Some OF his 9th
er experiences at table were more
remarkable, but they probably IN
pened in a boarding house-if they
happened anywhere He says that
young chicken is even served with
sweet -four sauce, which he finds
very disagreeable, since even in the
finer houses the servants will moi
wash the dishes and 1t is necessary
to eat everything on the plate with
the chicken and the sweet sauce.
II ~, ~ rdt I'M
after soup a piece of fish was served
to him. About this plate from which
he was supposed to eat the fish were
lair many small dishes containing
vegetables. chicken and various com
binations of vegetables and meat Id
was compelled to eat these on the fish
plate and liked only potatoes, which
baked in their skins, he found Dc
licious. He observes with the air Oh
an authority that all the fish from the
Atlantic ocean are so poor that onl!
the river and fresh-water fish are 70
garded as worth eating"
Il do not think" he said. that there
is in the three kingdoms of mature
anything that is not to be found in al
American salad The groundwork o.
this is composed of two or three larss
green leaves. On these is poured Oh
mixed with vinegar, and there arise'
a more or less striking structure o.
all impossible sours and sweets, sai'
and bitters. toughs and tenders. liquu
edible and inedible objects"