Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1922-07-21
MADE TURKS ROAR
Strangers Attempt to Eat Near
East Wienie Was Funny.
Propretor's Wife Showed Him How to
Dissect DeIicacy, Which Is As
sembled on Iron Skewer.

Strong men wept trying to keep
from laughing. Some did not try to
restrain themselves, but laughed out
loud, long, rumbling, throaty, Levan-
tine laugh. The proprietor jumped
down from his perch behind the cash
register of a Turkish cafe in Rector
street, the New York Sun states. To-
gether with the head waiter he start
ed toward the table in the corner.
On his face was look of horror.
AS he went forward he waved his hand
trying to quiet those who laughed.
Hearing the noise, the proprietor's
wife came in, saw what was the mat
ter, and came forward also, snatching
up knife and fork as she hurried.
One man, stranger In the quarter,
was seated at table. He looked up,
wondered what was the matter and
continued to eat. The three surround
ed his table.
"Non-non-non-not sol Monsieur
make meestak!"
"Egskuse pleas'-eet can be taken
off for eating!"
So spoke the proprietor and the
head waiter. The woman said moth
Ing, but seized the American by the
wrist and took the food from his hand.
Laying it on a plate she slashed II
deftly with the knife she carried,
smiled at the astonished diner and
said: "See-so!"
Now that the stranger understood
what the CONSERVATION was all about,
he laughed with the rest. For 1t was
all on account of Near East wienie,
which he had started to eat in the
natural American fashion. And Near
East wienies are different things from
the ordinary dog wagon" and deli
catessen variety.
In the first place they are regarded
highly as a dinner dish. They are
served in the place of the roast, after
soup sprinkled with the everlasting
mint flavor and an entree that seems
always to be thick, highly favored
and hearty mixture of eggplant or
okra and meat
Instead of being stuffed into a cas-
ing, these Syrian wienies are assem-
bled around a long iron skewer, with
the metal ends extended so that
they can be laid over an open charcoal
fire and roasted evenly. When broiled
they are superior to "hot dogs" being
entirely of minced lamb. Some call
them Turkish hamburger, but this is
a misnOmer.
They come to the table with the
foundation iron still in place. 1t
keeps the meat hot, and the ends ex-
tend like those fussy silver clips that
are sometimes spliced into the ends of
an ear of green corn. By these con-
venient handles had the stranger
picked up his first wienie, attacking
it in a combination shot dog" and
green corn fashion.
This was the reason the diners
laughed or tried to keep from laugh
ing. For his enlightenment did the
proprietor leave his cash register I'M
guarded! To show him how to dissect
out the iron skewer did the proprie-
tors wife rush forward with a knife
and a fork. Thinking he had been
remiss in not showing the guest what
to do and how to do it in the case Of
the wienies, the head waiter stood in
the background and looked worried.
AS for the guest, he wasn't bothered
at all. Willing to oblige, he slashed
the second and the third, extracting
the. iron core as directed, and went
right on eating wienies.