| Show precious meals almost any dish which had to recommend it rarity costliness t ity and to our way of thinking nass was sure to tako with the roman epicure and if he were unable to make it costly any other way he would add powdered precious stones or gold dust nero dined on ono occasion from a peacock which was sprinkled with diamond dust and specimens of that bird dressed with gold or with crushed pearls were by no means a rarity at tho of tho moneyed romans A dish of parrots tongues was a great delicacy but a dish of parrots tongues which had been capable when in their proper place of framing words was of almost incalculable value which increased in a direct ratio with the vocabularies of the defunct parrots another bird for which the bomati epicure was in the habit of paying fabulous prices was the which is believed to have been the ptarmigan it had its homo in the most northerly parts of scotland and norway and as this made it hard to get at the romans appreciated it all the more and put same rank ostriches buzzards and peacocks the tongues of these birds were specially prepared together with the brains and took the place which a hors would now take new york post |
