The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-12-10

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are displayed almost everything that
swlms the sea or crawl. on the land.
The fish are laid out in neat rows.
and fresh macknral is sold at twenty
flve cents pound. There are great
lobst"rs 70 displayed that they look
Ike n regiment drawn up for reviewl
and there ara also yets OF running
water IN which cells are squirmlng
about. II you want 20 buy one the
woman VIII dip out n netful ana let
you take your choice. As we walt.
tho guide tells US that tho cells are
all caught outside Of paris because
the river selno here is so winding
they will not enter the city for fear
OF breaking their backs.
Frogs and Snaiis
You remeber tho old riddle we
uFed az children,
what are little boys made of
Frogs and snnils and puppy dogs
tails.
That's what little boys are made OF"
And what are little girls made or
Sugar and spice and everything niCo,
That's what little girls are made or
We'll about all OF these things are
sale iu tho Hallca Contraies. II will
not youch for the puppy dog tails
although ! know they are eaten in
china. for | have seen them cooking
over the fire I'm tho restaurants OF
Canton on the ends OF their owners,
But as TO frogs and snalls, nowhere
/ Hrc more eaten than right hero In
| fHstidluus France. The frogs are
brought TO tho market both alive and
dead. tn preparing them the hind
/ legs and part OF tho back are cut
or and skinned. They are then
| strung by the dozen on a wooden
/ stick, ana tho bunch thus prepared
| form q commercial unit sold lihc
meat or fish.
The frog industry is quito impor-
| tant 10 France. There are one hun
dred and seventeen different kinds Of
! frogs. ana the two especially edible
ones are the green and the red, The
green frog Is the one most eaton.
I II IL found wherever there are
,Nwamps or ponds, and on the mar
gins OF rivers ana In bays that con-
tain fresh or slightly brnkish water
It feeds on worms, files and insects;
and especially on the spawn and
small fry of fish. The Paris sup
ply comes mostly from the neighbor
hood, and from southwestern France
and Lorraine.
The red frog il OF n reddish brown
color mottled with green and brown
spots. II lives mainly in waters
lspots. Ii lives mainly on the lane
and takes to the water only in win
ter and during the spawning season
II loves damp LOCATIONS near ponds
and water COURSES. The American
bull frog IL not known here. IL 4
larger than the French frogs On,
the French who have tasted 1t sa!
it is superior to theirs.
Raising snaiis for Profit
But come with me and look at IN,
snalls over there is a booth, will
a great golden snail hanging aboy,
It aud boxes of live snails on tn
counter. The smaller ones brini
thirty cents per hundred and tn
fat ones sell for double that price
they do not look appetizlnB 70 m
as they crawl about in their boxes
but the French think they are per
fectly delicious when served hot will
melted butter The snails are ser
we'd in the shell like oysters, eacI
having its own hole on the plate
They are picked out with tiny FORK
rade for the purpose. and well chew
ed before swallowing. ! find then
, not bad to taste. but for me quit
indigestible.
Paris eats almost two millio
, pounds of snails like these ever
year Raising saails IL a regular bus
/, .incss, and | understand that half
: million of the first quality can b
/. grown on one acre OF ground. The
!, are fed once n day, usually In TN
/, evening, They are especially hun
CRY after a rain, when a bed of on
, hundred thousand snails will con
sumo n wheel barrow load OF cab
, bages. Some of the best are fed ale
on wine-dregs or on bran soake
=, In wine. This Is said to give theT
q special flavor for the same reaso
. perhaps as that produced in ou
milk-fcd chickens and peanut ham
The snails are kept In houses dur
I ing the winter.
There are farmers in the Depart
Q ment OF the Jura who raise ivy
4 million snails every year, ! am tol
e they ship them TO the United state
I and 20 parts OF Latin America. tn
G snalls usually cross the ocean aliy
y in November or December and mus
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