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Show Philosophy of Dining. One of the old Greek philosophers was once approached with tre question as to the hour of the day at which one should take his dinner. The answer was characteristic. char-acteristic. "If you are rich," said the wise man, "you will d'ne whenever you please; if you are poor, whenever you have anything to eat." This same philosophy phil-osophy seems to lie accepted by the Turks of the present time, judging by what Mr. Barkley says of the practice of this people. Thoreisa peculiarity about Turkish cooking. Wherever you are, and at whatever time of the day you ssk, "When will dinner be ready?" the answer is always the same. "In ten minutes," and yet I have had all aorta of dishes on the table at the same time. I don't know how it is managed, but I think it is an improvement on our English plan of having hav-ing to keep to a fixed hour. If no order is given dinner is served aa a matter of course at sundown, and this habit is usual among all classes. We were somewhat surprised one day at Ojanthe, our Greek cook, asking, "Please, sare, what time yon eat your dinner today?' We answered, "When we are hungry." "Vera good, sare, 'cos me get one booful dinner ros bif, sare. One buffalo he fall over cliff last night and break hira neck!" Youth's Companion. |