The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-10-15
Green Lizards, Crocodiles and Ele-
plants Foot are Some Of the
Delicacies That are
Enjoyed.
FROGS AND TIGERS, ALSO
u the Mixtures Were All Put To-
aether Man Would Have All
Kinds OF Nightmares and
Dreams.

Every nation has it's staple dishes
huts the odds and ends are the more
interesting and in their way more
Indicative of the general status OF
me civilization Of those partaking OF
them.
Mankind on the whole has an in
stinctive dislike to reptiles of every
hind and degree; yet OF the four
families into which the older natural
lists divided them-the saurin, orphi-
dan, batrachian and chelonian-each
affords sustenance to man, civilized
or savage. So in some parts OF the
world 1t is "cut from the alligator"
not from the point" and darby
waiter may bawl his order OF "boiled
snake-one!"
peculiar dainty and nourishing
dish is made with tho lguana, the
flesh of which is as white as that of
chicken and just as palatable;
though the appearance OF the reptile
with it's scaly, black-spotted green
coat, is more repulsivo than either
crocodile or alligator. 70 the inha5i-
tants OF the West Indies and the Pa-
hamas the iguana Is u much valued
source Of food, and Is hunted down
BY means of dogs, which are muzzled
to prevent them using their teeth and
damaging the iguanas which arc sold
alive or killed, sailed and barreled
for home consumption, according 10 a
writer in the New York Herald. The
flesh OF the reptile is usually served
up boiled or steamed, together with
a dish of clarified iguana Fat, some
times seasoned, into which tho very
savory meat is dipped as 1t is eaten
The eggs OF the iguana are also much
relished and are like mems eggs in
taste, but wholly filed with yolk and
do not become hard in boiling. The
horrid iguana OF San Domingo is
much appreciated by the bons WV
ants in the West Indies, the flesh
tasting just like roebuck's although
Infinitely more delicate.
Green Lizards and Crocodiles.
The common green lizard is eaten
with much gusto by many tribes in
Africa, and in the south of Portugal
the gray lizard is eaten, both baked
and fried, the dish in both instances
tasting rather like chicken. In Brazil
a green and yellow snake is con-
sumed by all classes, while among
the Sardinians the adder is frequently
added to broths and soups.
Crocodile flesh is publicly sold In
the meat markets OF Senaar, in
Africa, and in Siam one sees the car
,casses hung up for sale like sheep in
the butchers shops. Tho flesh of
this great equatic lizard tastes some
what like veal although to occident-
ais it has faint fishy smell. In
South America the cayman, or alli-
gator, affords a dish, when boiled or
fried, which is said to be just as tasty
as rabbit. Both crocodile and alliga-
tor eggs are much priced by certain
nations. The natives OF Madagascar
are particularly fond of the first ana
the Slamese prize the second as a
great dainty. In flavor the eggs are
said to resemble those of duck that
leeds mostly among tho sea garbage
OF foreign shore, plus, a very faint
seasoning of musk 1t is the common
sea turtle, though, which has won the
highest commentator as an edible
reptile. 1t is species used in the
preparation of the hereditary fish at
most of the city banquets throughout
england, the supply being sent from
Jamaica and the Antilles. the favorite
resort OF these much priced reptiles,
winch travel hundreds of miles in
order to deposit their eggs.
single turtle of the Amazon is
neayy load for q strong man; but
thoush much larger than the Carib-