The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1911-11-30
Dishes of Famous Commands
HISTORIC EXAMPLES OF TIE EXALTED PLACE IN MANS RUL-
ING MISSIONS HELD BY GOOD LIVING.

mad a passion for roast chine Of beef,
while in Il succeeding reign Roger de
Cover'r was content to wind up the
day with good Cheshire cheese. best
of John S9ly's best"
docs NOT enter and steal your reason;
It simply takes a runaway knock at a
! mans lead and there's an cndon't.'
George l. liked fish Il tritle stale. He
ley cared for oysters until their
shells began spontaneously to cape.
George. III. on the other hand. spent
joyous evenings at Virginia Water.
supiing on tea n marrow bones.
OF Dean Howell, it is said that he
grew strong by drinking ale. He was
the accidental inventor of bottled ale,
and the first church dignitary who laid
the foundation of red noses by bring
ing bottled ale. to the notice of the
e'crgE'. There is an old tradition that
what this ale used to do for the
tho Africans.
Human nature is made up Of senti-
mont and hunger. and Hoods senti-
E1cntaltst vas not unnatural with his
enicurean "reminiscences, When he
said:
Twas at Christmas, I think, that 1
met Miss Chase.
AeS' Joy MOTIFS mao asked me to
dine.
ana I thought J. had never beheld
such. a face,
Or so note tart5:sv: or.chine."
1t is TO the NOBILITY and other dis
tinguisllrl persons in fl,e. life of France
tl.at sa%strnnorny owls many a. dish
whose Very name hctrays an ecstacy.
IN famous French. Gastronomist.
the Marquis de Cussy. was orthodox in
mis- uSSSJnnnr1y. fn,. hc .faI wall i+,&
needed h church. His .favoritc soup
IN Lent was an onion soup, composed
of Il score OF small bulbs, we'll cleaned,
, sliced, an! put in q. stcWpan with a
lump OF fresh butter and a little sugar.
Lhey We're turned over the fire until
they became a fine golden color, when
taey were moistened with broth, and
the necessary quantity of bread added.
,3elore the soup was. served it's excel
lcnce was perfected by the addition Of
two small glasses of.very old cognac
brandy. This Lent fare however. was
only the preface to salmon and as
paragus.. With which the ORTHODOX cpl
cure mortified his appetite.
The Marquis de Cussy, was fond of
on the day of his death, after a six
months illness. 1t was his last act,
and in. ~gastronomic annals it is re-
corded with the same wonder. love
and as Nelson's calling for sealing
"a amid the thunders of Copenhagen
is noticed by the biographies of naval
heroes.
Carolina! Fcsch loved blackbirds,. and
ms at Lyons were reverenced
Tor The excellence and variety of these
uishes. The birds were ent him week.
~ from Corsica. They We're served
with great form, n none who dined
off them forgot the flavor, (which
melted along his palate" The car
dinal used to say it was Ike swallow
his cooked ~blackbirds alone was
enough to revivify half a defunct in
his diocese. "
Monseigneur coutrois dc Quincy.
bishop of Belly, was exceedingly fond
of the stalks Of asparagus, and on be-
ing informed that a head of asparagus
a just pierced tho soil, the cardinal
his convives rose from the table,
visited h spot and were lost in adj
nliration at what they saw. Day by
day the bishop watched the growth
of the delicious giant. His mouth wa
tered when he looked at 1t, and happy
was the day when he took it from the
ground with bis WI hands. When he
cid so, however, he found to his dis
apopintment that he held a wooden
counterfeit. admirably turned and
painted. by Canon Rosset. who was
famous for his artistic abilities and
his practical Jokes. The joke on this
occasion was taken in; good part, and
the counterfeit asparagus was ad.
mitted to the honor Of lying on the
bishops table.
Cleopatra. frail and fragile, like
many thin people. ate heartily, and her
guests wondered at the rarities OF
which they partook. There wal every.
thing there that gastronomy could
think of. except mutton, an exception
n favor Of the divine Ammon with
the ramlike head. Even the roas,
beef and plum pudding we're not lack.