Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1892 — The Food of Different Peoples. [ARTICLE]

The Food of Different Peoples.

Many nations, many dishes! Some articles that are esteemed' as delicacies by certain nations are regarded with disgust by others. According to the Pacific Record the Turk is seized with violent trembling at the very idea of eating oysters. The American Indians look upon an invasion of grasshoppers as a mark of especial favor from the Great Spirit, and make the of such a time to lay up a store of provisions for the future. Buckland states that among certain people a mixture of fish, nearly putrefied, and soap suds is preferred to the best butter. In Canton and other Chinese cities rats are sold at ten cents a dozen, and a hind-quarter of a dog is more expensive than mutton or beef. Some of the East Indians eat serpents dried in the oven, but despise the flesh of rabbits. Lizard eggs are a delicacy in the islands of the Pacific, and many people besides the aborigines of the Argentine Republic esteem the flesh of the skunk. Ants are eaten by many peoples, and in Siam a curry of ants’ eggs often tickles the palates of the wealthy.. The silkworm is eaten with relish by the Chinese, and a dessert of roast snails is considered a fitting termination of a feast in New Caledonia.