The Coolidge examiner., 1935-09-20

Cakes in Haiti.
linzs make n highly seasoned Arat
version 81 an Irish stew
Climatic conditions play their
part In the formation of tastes In
,hc Marqucsas islands. DrouShts
from which the Marqucsas suffer
necrssiiaie long storage OF bread.
fruit The white. somewhat mushy
pulp Is ground Ia wooden bowls and
allowed 90 rise like a mass ~ Ter.
menilnS dough- This poipol has
70 The foreigner an nnpleasan, odor
and an acrld. bitter flavor
without counting calorlcs. Bolivia
supplies a novel way of preparing
the ubiquitous potato. To make
ehuno. potatoes are frozen. tram
pied free OF water. trampled again
and again, until they are little balls
% pure starch. The countries ~
tie Amazon basin. however. cling
90 mBuioc or mandloca root This
root is poisonous. but the natives
know how 90 pun iis fangs hy
shreddinE. washing. and squeezing
uuiii the remainder can be ground
Into sawdust and eaten without
harm.
For green vegetables. the Pacific
Islands present tnro leaves sort
of spinach. which is cultivated IN
seampy ground by The women o.
the Islands The roots NAV also be
eaten like potatoes. or cooked like
poipol. Calls greens come from
the sea. Cuchayuyn. or cocha yuyu
20 the incas. means garden truck
~ the sen" and Is a species OF sea
weed.
sarnale Pieases the Rumsnian.
The RumanlaD variety of New
England boiled dinner IL sarmaie
Soured cabbage leaves. . more dell.
cate sauerkrnut. rolled around n
meat BAH. IL served with coarse
cornmeaI mush called manaliEa. a
highly splced sauce. and often thick
sour cream. Mamsllga Is also
served with eggs and other combl.
nations Practically the same dish
is 20 be- found IN Sweden mince-
meat OF elk wrapped IN cabbage
leaves.
As we Ike dnmpiIngs and frii.
iers with our meals. so In Khoresm
doughnuis stuffed with rice and
eggs, known as plrochkl. and In
china crullers ~ coarse -four fried
In vegetable oils. fll that place on
the menu. The Chinese proverb
SAYS: The stomach. not the palate
decides what shall be the food
Bread In Afghanlsian Is more
than mere bread: 4, is food. napkin.
and tablecloih. all In one. II de.
rives Its shape and uses from the
use OF quick burning fuel and
varying demand.
In Cuba. one may reach for
sweet and ind IL In the barqulllo.
possibly the grandfather Of the Ice
cream cone ln a panel. white loayes
made OF egg white and sugar.
which may be eaten separately but
more often "dunked" In milk and
dissolved: or In the mango. a red.
dish golf fruit. Even lollipops.
cOueshaped and wrapped In paper
on a stick. are 10 be found every
where. Afghanlstan keeps step
with our ~snowballs" A plate Is
first filed with snow over which a
tiny ladle OF slrup Is poured. Then
a handful OF sweet paste cut into
strips Ike noodles Is added. over
which tiny ladies Of cream are
poured before the whole confectlon
Is completed with dash az rose
water This is an Afghan sundae
Suggesting the taste ~ good Ice
cream Is the raw. frozen marrow
OF reindeer bones popular lu 81
berla. China prefers solid cream
for its desserts. but Khoresm. In
southern Russia. prepares pIrog. u
pie filled with mashed raIslns.
Delieaeies in Chile.
In Chile. the miel de palma,
honey OF the palm. Is extracted
from the felled tree. and served as
a slrup with 'panqueques Melons.
large and yellow. some weighing u
pounds. are grown In Chile. and In
Darfur are one Of the stats of life.
There the melons are broken open
and scooped inside. the rlnd thrown
into the sand When all the pulp
has been extracted. II Is squeezed
TO break up the fiber In one yes
sci. IL Is placed on top of another
vessel and the liquid In the under
one percolates through straws into
the upper. The rind is then broken
up and pounded In a vessel fash
ioned out cf a tree trunk All pos
slble moisture Is withdrawn and
the residue becomes food and drink
for donkey. goat. and fowl.
LIQUID refreshment varies as
much in foreign lands as does the
solid food. Tea. OF one kind and
another. is the predominating drink.
Tea. OF course. in China. strained
watermelon juice tea in Darfur. or
anse tea brewed from the wild or
ange tree in Tahiti. tea seasoned