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Show LIE F0RLUNCHE0N. i a Lady Served a Meal of Tlowers to Her Assembled Guests. EUOUS POSIES THAT AEE EDIBLE. Description of a Banquet Where the Cake was Made of Eoses. Animals feed, man eats, but the man intellect alone knows how to at," mvs a mau versed in wisdom. And ' lie was wise, for the "fato of na-n na-n dciiends upon how they're fed." ting is a science, and the author who 'ed that "the discovery of a new ' docs more for the happiness of man- Hum the discovery of a new planet," 'evidently a philosopher, for all men interested in cooking. ' '. , '"" ws! The very word is the quint ';,ce of poetry, fragrance and beautv. niier, novel in the extreme, Mas '! Lan etem gill, a weo1 thy debu- The dinner was served in great 5'nificence, and at it "stewed lilies" 'the most favored dish. . " Julu't matter at all that the "stewed 1 resembled inferior greens or cauli- m aPPearance, and--as to taste -inution fails to convey its awful "washiness, if the antipodal terms '1"jwcd,yet every girl' at the 'table "Was she dipped her fork, into the t novelty that they wete "perfect-;!lcous, "perfect-;!lcous, you know," autt thcycould mem "every day." No pepper, no : "o soupcon of butter defiled this 7 of the lily stow; forbid, god of Perish the thought, oh, cuisine t'Stllft ( 1 4.1. - 1 1 1 ; . ' . , trees were in full bloom, so sue "selected the finest clusters, dipped them in batter and fried them in boiling oil. Tho disli proved not only an ornamental one, the shape of the ordinary clusters being not unlike that of grapes, but it proved palatable pal-atable as well, and if not very substantial, substan-tial, went no inconsiderable way in the scanty dinner. When Rome became the center of riches rich-es she had every luxury of the table, from the growing locust in bloom to the ostrich. os-trich. "St. John's bread" is said also to bo a species of wild locust, and there are other methods of cooking in which they have been used. As for tho dandelions, they are converted by the skillful cook into the most palatable dishes. They aro also gathered with care and made into a healthful tea as well as into stewed Vegetables. The dandelion is sometimes termed not a flower, but it certainly is entitled and justly so to floral consideration, considera-tion, and belongs to the floral family. SOME KIUBI.K PLANTS. The nasturtium makes a most delightful delight-ful salad, the leaves being selected for the purpose as the most delicious portion. The peppery, peculiar taste tickles the taste of tho epicure with its charms, und the linslurtium salad is a favorite disli on the buffet of the fastidioits epicure. Tho seed of this flower makes a most tempting pickle, and invites by its qualities qual-ities an appetite to the most jaded palate and stomach. . The cactus is a plant that has lieen used with effect by the Indians. When the Sioux so long defied the government and were left without food or liquid, they converted the cactus into a nourish-tog nourish-tog vegetable. , Besides this, the liquid ; coming from them served in the place of Ko8''S have always played an important import-ant feature in the high art of cooking. Under Charlemagne's reign the devices for'cookiiig into which flowers were inserted in-serted were several, while in the Seven seeuth century the women of the gentlest lilrth. rrreatest wealth and highest posi- tiou in court took the greatest personal interest in their kitchen and its results. A favorite method of giving iish the taste of flowers at this time was to boil them in rose water. The flavor was so-thoroughly so-thoroughly impregnating that you would imagine the fish was a rose itself. The mode of dining in this century was one of great magnificence. Tho rose as an article of food has a history which goes away back. It was well known to the ancient Greeks and Itomans.-St. Louis Post-Dispatch. . uia mies were steweu iTmtact and eater, simply and with .' .'j no muscle of the tortured pliable gourmaude's face betrayed ""is that sho was eating a dish ; as simil;lr to washed out sunshine ; f 03t of stale spongecake. Thev Btewed lilies all the same, and if taker turns her head away aM-he w Hie flower in full bloora for some 0 crime, why inquire further? Is : . ,? fat-toE the effects of a. first ' Xr'"1Sl1 f0l'eVer th h?bit of 8mok' A Lix.NER OF LOCUSTS. ' fy long Siiice an article in an Puper spoke of a clever woman's '."Su m cooking in following man-. man-. " latest novelty in the vegetable die introduction of flowers, that llmvers. The two which are T . most 6atifacU)ry belong-t( belong-t( the thistle family, and 111 the names calligonutu poly .' r and bast'a latiflior. The jpu-Yu jpu-Yu f buth English and French leUowhard to conquer in the . ":tse new dishes, but doubtless t ,,'J:ne in time. It is related of a i'lTi- -" .Woman t,lat or.ee whilst t -'"":',ia ti,e comrv abrr.ad. in -fe'H 1 t!e uartet3 v.-et'3'e-.treme-' 8,10 wa surprised cmo 'day 3, '" al of several guests near the 1 am,.er. It ch.nce(lj as it usaajy r "''lular cases, that her larder . ,r: , -as Specially bare; so she set acoi!rwits as ller oniv assistants j wtne the difficulty. The locuitl |