Imperial Valley press., 1941-02-26
Menus for Every
Taste Around Here,
Survey DiscIoses

Menus in Imperial Valley are SO
cosmopolitan they fairly bristle with
the food of all nations.
Not only does the soil OF the val
ley produce exotic and unusual IN
fruits and vegetables along with the
common, ordinary varieties but the
large foreign population introduced
the American-bon residents TO the
foods popular in their native lands.
Dining in Imperial Valley is an
education. The foods of the Mexl-
cans, the Chinese, the French, the
japanese. the Italians, and the
Swiss appear along with the Amer
lean foods on tables throughout the
valley. They are used so much that
most people have forgotten to whom
they are indebted for them.
Cafes and restaurants devoted TO
the foods of the various nations
are popular places with Americans
who enjoy the foreign dishes.
Mexican Foods Hot
Mexican cafes, as well as many
other establishments, serve the
tempting tacos. a Spanish pancake
spread with beans, chicken or beef
tomato sauce. and then rolled up
Spicy and toasty and Drowned.
Served with one end wrapped in a
white paper napkin. Then there are
the hot tamales, corn meal mouldS
filled with beans. meat and sauce,
rolled up in corn husks. The old
familiar chill con carne, hot and
spicy. Tortillas. thin and big, the
bread Of Mexico. The taste for them
grows and grows ana grows.
Chinese food and fragrant Chi
nese tea, there is nothing better.
Chicken almonds. chow mein, egg
flower soup. egg foyoung, chop suey,
fried rice, chung kun, pineapple
spare ribs. and that very special
delicacy war sui op. This war sui op
is one of the duck dishes for which
the Chinese are justly famous. OF
course no Chinese meal is COM
plete without rice cakes and the
tiny slips of paper containing the
fortune of the person who breaks
open the cake
Use Chop Sticks
1t is a fact, and don't argue about
it, Chinese food Is better if eaten
with chop sticks.
Life in Imperial Valley would not
be complete without japanese food.
Delicious sukiyaki made of meat,
vegetables, and eggs cooked on
the table and served hot as hot can
be. Rice, lots of rice cooked diff
ferent ways. And fish. Fish fried
or raw. Take a little I'D bit of raw
fish with a chop stick, dip it in a
little bowl of beaten egg yolk and
then in a little bowl of sauce. 1t IS
good! Tea, too. Always tea.
French food is racy, highly season
ed, and decorated with rich sauces.
The way they cook chicken is de-
lightful and their steaks are Favored
with their inimitable sauces Rich
French food, SO tempting and so
satisfying
The Way IL Should Be
Italian food in Imperial Valley
is one of the delightful eating ex-
periences. Spaghetti perfectly cook
ed and cracking with d cheese sauce.
Spaghetti that Is spaghetti. RaVioli.
the dumplings Of the Italians, there
is nothing more delicious. Their
chicken and their cheeses make the
mouth water at the mere memory.
The Swiss are great lovers Of good
food. They run 10 those famous
cheeses and the most deliciouss
sausages in the world. Cheese and
sauage rightly belonging on the
menus Of the Swiss were heartlessly
stolen and nov are served every
where in the valley on all kinds
Of menus One of their best is a
dry meat sausage. Please pass some. |
Time out for good old American |
fried chicken. hot biscuits, mashed |
potatoes and gravy corn on the cob
sliced tomatoes, and the old reliable |
apple pie.