The Coolidge examiner., 1935-09-20

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bringing a new food 20 the
- worlds dining table which Is
already replete with generous
cross section o. the living things
found on the earth and Ia the sea.
Grasshopp~r raEoui the new aT-
tieie IS called. For many years the
Chinese and Arabs have rclished
grasshuppers. which were once De.
s,roycd as they attempted ruinaiion
~ South African crops Now great
masses ~ the insects are captured.
carefully cleaned conserved and
shipped to the orjen; aud Asia
aiinor ready % be eaten.
strange foods are 90 be found on
tie markets % ali continents IN
fact. ore part - fhs world is rath.
er ignorant of What satisfies toe
other part
~Iie Nho woglj enjoy hls food.
should nu; look over the Kitchen
wsii~ the Korean proyerh warns:
bar there is much of interest 20 be
found hy looking over the geo.
graphical wall ~ space and regard.
ins the food habits % other peo-
pie. Rats and dog steaks In China
have regular market prices. and
thoroughly rlpened eggs are dell.
cacles. our food Is often looked
upon as queer and hcaihenlsh by
these same people. The Turk re-
CARDS oysters as we do some Afri.
can and wes, Indian dishes But
AL human history atfests that hap.
piuess Tor man-the hungry sinner
since Eve ate apples. much de-
pends on dinner"
Russian borsch Is probably one
- the best known soups The large
quantity o. meat floating ln n sea
% cabbage and sour cream Is n
mesl In itself. heavy aud nlling.
Chinese hsh soups are known the
world over Tor their delicate flavor.
as ls Swedish boulllon. made % all
kinds ~ birds with elks' meat as
the piece d. resistance % the soup.
10 Swedish home. the Christmas
porr.dge "a an affair of great lm.
poriauce. made In n gigantic copper
washiub. being stirred By several
women. who take turns stirring. tao
a. q time for no less than ten hours
IN end In this same home. cooks
are pensloned TO prevent family
recipes from being given away.
seme Queer Sea Foods
By Andorraus and Polyneslans.
iandluhbers and seafarinE folks.
seafood Is held In high regard. In
Siberia. owing 10 climatic condl-
floas. frozen sliced fish Is the cpl
curian's delight knkson, the local
lisa of the salmon family. nearly
takes the place of bread Frozen.
the skin removed. sliced. and eaten
with salt. Il IS a savory treat.
tut the South Sea islanders.
Ear from the freezing point. hunt
their treasured paiolos by the iight
~ the moon. The tiny worms which
,ame 20 the surface 81 the water
once each year are eaten raw ION
location" or taken home In pals.
In Srain. little. white. transparent
eels iwo Inches long. called angulas.
are attracted and caught with the
aid of Oh lamps. fried In patches In
popping olive oil. and served hot.
Australians hunt dugong (sea.
eowl. Ike a whale. but owing 70
the thickness of the hide. their
spears are often turned aside or
broken. The flesh OF this mammal
has q flavor akin 70 both beef and
pork. the meat hein- used like ha.
con A good sized specimen may
reach u feet In length and weigh
Go pounds.
The iver-dwellers OF RrazIl and
other tropical South American coun-
tries have remarkably large FISH In
the jacareunga. from which large
steaks are taken. Fried alligator
tail Is also 70 be had there. as well
as the lizardllke Iguana. The flesh
OF the female iguana Is supposed TO
oe as delicate as a young chicken.
although occasionally experience has
proved Il TO be as tough as an old
hen. Iguanas are sold alive. tails
tied together to prevent escape.
Liberia likes Dumboy.
Dumboy. the national dish OF IL
IBERIA. IS prepared principally from
sweet. non-poisonous cassava root
called cassada in Liberia. The
roots are peeled. boiled. and the
flbers from the center removed be-
fore the process Of pounding in n
mortar with a pestle is begun. This
process calls for considerable skin
and experience because the casSada
sticks 20 any dry thing. The pestle
must be kept moist, but not so
moist as To make the mass soggy.
Dried and fried dumboy becomes so
hard that II Is used as shot In rifles.
To the north OF Liberia. in Africa.
IS found another standard. meal-in-
itself dish. couscous. Mutton or
fowl. various vegetables. cooked
separately before mixing. and
served with steamed wheat dump.