Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1917-11-05
GERMANS GLADLY
EAT SWINE FOOD
Even Elephant Flesh Is Rel
ished by Those Who Know
Real Pangs of War. .
MANY SHIPS OUT OF ORDER
American Girl, Writing for
Tulsa World, Tells of Her
Experiences There.
1t was in Leipzig that | ate

1t was in Leipzig that | ate
elephant meat.
| had gotten used to queer
dishes by that time, altho this
was early this year, about in
January, before many
seemed to be so badly pinched.
But had eaten horse meat a
number of times, also the
strong tasting 'horse" carrots
which, before the war was only
good for pigs. In fact, | ate
many things in Germany
which, before the war were
called Swine food" but that
which came to be accepted
thankfully.
Different kinds Of vegetable
salads made of them. The sol
tops are cooked for greens and
diers have been eating roots
for two years.
Of course, salads cannot be
made with oil as there is none.
But there is plenty of vinegar
in Germany. Two other things
which | saw in plenty were
lettuce and spinach. They were
high-priced. hut we could buy
an almost unlimited quantity.
The lettuce we would cook in its
own moisture, put ii in skillet, put
Oh lid and let ii cook slowly down
until it was just like spinach. 1t took
six or eight heads of lettuce to make
enough greens for one person
1t was tasteless tho, for the salt in
Germany has no flavor. 1t Is impos-
sible to get pepper or any other sea-
soning. so one can imagine what II
would be like to make meal of spin
ioh or lettuce cooked in this way
without seasoning, with only tiny
daL OF batter, with no meat and with
one piece of sour, black bread to make
II tasty
Elephant Meat Is Tasty.
But my elephant meat experience
was unique. There is II very fine zoo
III Litpsig, and I and a girl friend, a
newspaper correspondent, saw the
sign in restaurant as we were walk
ing along the street, Elephant meat
here We went in and got it, paying
IS cents for very small portion and
two tiny potatoes.
The meat was good, tasting a little
like beefsteak, altho with a little bit
of wildness about it which reminded
me of venison. 1t was very veiny and
rather tough. There was no fat. 1t was
not until after | had eaten il that /
learned the animal had died-from
starvation, probably - and, sooner
than waste il, the people ate 1t. Some
of the residents OF Leipsig objected,
but others said they may as well eat
it as eat other things, horse meat, for
instance.
But horse meat IS good It, too. is
tougher than beef, but II has good,
rich taste. | certainly would not want
to eat it, only thru necessity, but
many a good meal H-Aave made of it.
When you take your meat card TO
get your allowance, you are not per-
mitted to make n choice or what you
want. You take just what the butcher
gives you. Sometimes it is so tough
You only can boil 1t. sometimes 1t
can be roasted, If you have enough
fire.
One thing I never would take, tho,
preferring to go hungry--that was
ground meat. You did not know what
might be in 1t. | would not have been
surprised had they put the rats the
Germans are dreading will appear yet
on their tables, or cats or anything
else.
Buying ChOCo olatc.
On this trip with my girl friend,
which we took just before we were
'interned" in Berlin, the little town
of I.cubach stands out in my memory.
almost with halo around 1t. That
was where | bought the first candy
had in two years.
Leubach is little town, almost a
village, noted for nothing in the
world, containing nothing of interest,
but l never will forget it. We were
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