Show P Pj j t WHA T T CHINESE HINI E EAT 1 1 t VA VARIETY A AVAST VAST OF I c rOOD FOOD CHINESE COOKERY USUALLY ENJOYED lY BY BYj j i GOOD THOUGH STRA HOE JOHN BUTTER CHEESE AND MILK POINTS IN e r Ran Sept It if Il II be betru ta true tru V al the Herman erman bUll back that men man ls II what b he sat eata pine of the peculiar ullar w ways of John Jolin may is be fou d la III Ma hll diet Ifie HII la I an n complex and anel maD many tided I g that tb the natural ex a Uon I Is that bl his food will reveal the die ame and n ex I ilon ls nut not upon In Inton I ton Although the Chin do I IlOt pot lOt t tale rae and mice u ea th they are COIn supposed to II dos except under the tb tbt eti t of 41 dire lI thy t eY do eat eaty other In comparison with which y g broil rat ral would not R flout dog doc end and eggs ot of very ry ancient visual t ate are highly oar the richer ria of live young oun rabe dipped In vine vinee t pr formed the piece de at to b toreo reo Chinatown dinner To thus UI of curious foods may lw I added the J birds bird nest nelt sous I shads fine 10 a raw pegs kid pall and cra lall These Thle are arc ho hoI how I vr very high In price and never reach fruh the tables abl f of t the he mill mass ot of the Chinese They TIltY seem Jm fantastic and re 10 tal Ie anti aad et t Ihl UtO with I China China i man ajoy them Ibm la III very amusing Cot COl to their hearty hart enjoyment Is the very evident delight with which a of the poorer da Blau will pick up a small somewhat like our and swallow It raw The Tb for the mOlt mat SMart part are aregood good bod trenchermen end and enjoy their meal mealand and aDd they take lab nil no pains to 10 conceal their At a larar In one of tb II a who had bad just arrived from his hll Dative country After Ih the thet t lilt Jut In accordance with the po ponil IJ IJU nil U Chinese custom CUllom ot of his hll ap aD of eh the good hinge enjoyed h ho back bok on hie hi chair crossed hi his over hie stomach and emitted a ar r grunt The other diners whom hom were wen the ani and hll hie wU wits wr were naturally taken b by sure lur flat Dut tb the hostess hotl saved Avd th the da dad day days s d the feelings of the other present b by Immediately him IUm lIer Iles example was 1011 follow folio y Id I b by th the rest of the Ibe dinner party parly l Never before had a dining Tooth room pounded e fl much like a pigsty r The Th cultured 11 later ax pIA the action of hi his u as asa uR R a pelamon Chlotee nay ay of approval of a rood good dinner Contrary to Co general belief the food grain most moa generally used throughout ls II not Dot rice but wheat This I t however must mut be made and tile the of China aid its Ita variety of must be lake tak ID en Ito into In the tb south lOuth rice la ii of course COUrle most mOlt generally used Neat to 0 wheat millet I la a moat Import out Gilt toed 1004 vain train In lb the north Holl td ed w er prepared In other ways way I one OM ot of then grains urine the principal dl disk of the bill of fart fare with lIh rich cia tad aad nor alike The flee In III tb the chic 14 dishes or and III there ls II great variety with th Ih classes a vegetable or I two 0 If give tile necessary variation with withy y r romet mea 1 n bit of pork while on feat CaI CaIdI dI dare or an n the ehe occasion ot of the birth of e son IOn or at other uncommon time Rab dah and meat are added The meat ot of China Chin II pork The pi pig I seen leen everywhere hobnob hobnobbing bing with the family In the living rooms roum and In all other places Chine Chinch know nothing of our system ot of division of meat by joints and the they cut cuI 0 oft chunk of varying else and weight bt with no DI regard to nl Pork I Is not nOI the Ille dish of tb the meal L when It la II had it II ls Ia used rather to 10 live give a flavor to the boiled rice or other rID rain The Th food I is sit all tolled together In a mu man dud when the tbt family I ii assembled round around the pa paternal ernal hoard board each fills bl his bowl with tb the mixture from the Ibe center bowl bawl every eY ev ery OD one pal putting tin hi his chopsticks Into it I Fish is II esteemed all over th the ample and every ry part of tte Ie fish I la devoured No nh le I considered small man I enough to be b cast call aside end and none nOli Ie i too large lar to be divided The Chinese are expert elpert fishermen and everything literally II Ia nh itch that comes comel to their net netI I As A In every everything thin else eb the ble of the hinaman Chinaman crops out In hi his food arrant arrangements The sea t yields t to him not noe poly tb the kinds kind of nib fish enjoyed b by people bu but t also allo come things that cause disgust to fot eating cuttlefish ot 01 sharks or If sea anemones amon or seaweed i Chinese dried ov oysters however arc it II exceedingly interesting and toothsome proving that m an some 1 III thine In John i II not so 10 far behind VI u In pawing It may b noted that In dry 40 lag n preserving or pickling the Chinese hint need acknowledge no mIr master In Ih the world The Th dried oysters are b by spreading them In the sun lun for leY still weeks week How they Ihy are J preserved from decomposition I is R a trade secret well guarded by tb the inscrutable man manner mannet net ner of the Chinese The Th result how Is delicious when prepared b by bythe the In the proper manner Large of III dried ote oysters and other preserved teA seA food are Rrt sold In the Ihl ChInatown or of hew York anti and antiSin Sin San Francisco When one buys nib nih In Chin Chinese or In fact anything el else It I Is well to be on ones guard against deception are re not what they seam le II nowhere more mor true tru thAn in III China For instance willie while red and freak h looking gills lire are a sign of at In nh fish too to often hal th red redness ness been beell put on by hand band by ingenious John tb the Chinese have only two Iwo mealtime one ene In the middle of the forenoon and nd the other between 5 and O I fir IJa tta the evening Practically they do not to eat cat whenever they hay have ala to opportunity ThE constant aim of John China mans existence are re to obtain a feast palt at atthe t the n of some one else lie ile wm will I 10 to aDr pains paIn to smuggle himself In 10 at t a or other festivity where goal ooiJ to cat at are to 10 be had and hi his endeavors to prove relationship with tilt the celebrating parties are often amusing To bJ be eaten out of house and Ind home I is only a phase harn with w with the Chinese ChIne It I is often a astern stern reality As A with and I Confucianism m enjoins on its III folloW followers certain dietary regulations but then have long since fallen into Inlo M are universally forgotten or I The staples of Chinese food do not vary greatly from our own owa save that lb the poorer Chinese have not narl nearly so 0 large a va variety riel of foods to choose tram from fromal as al we bal have Save BaVE In the north anion amon the Mongols end and butter buttermilk buttermilk milk and cheese are In inthe tb the case au of oC the Ibe butler which I is a vII vil villainously rancid mixture of uncertain composition In the neighborhood of Amoy mo and nd Canton snakes Inake snails Dall grubs and anI other reptiles and 4 insects are eaten by the poorer u Other curious are seen Iten and heard lIerd ot of especial especially I ly in III Ih the low clau ria restaurants The following are arll a few of the Items from the bill of fan of one ent ot of these Cats Call flesh fifth black cats cat n flesh h black dogs ease aae black blak cats cat eyes Black Bisek eats at and do doge are more esteemed than those or of other colon being sup supposed p posed pOled to give Ive more strength h to the eater To an American a stomach strong enough to enjoy enJo Chinese fare hardly seems em to need strengthening The standard Chin Chinese drink Is II tea lea or white wine made mad from rice In some IOme parts ot of China Chilla eh they drink great creat quantities U ties of hot bot water The Tb Chinese rich richand ch chand and poor are exceedingly fond of sweets and no Chin Chinese meal mal the richer talk folk Is II complete without of 01 some ome sort IOrI Celestial cook cookery pry is II often very nIT well I done Jt It I le not confined to women omen fot fOI male cooks cocu are re common and quite u as AI cook of the other sex ex The nIe dishes although sometimes grate crate tut tul to te tile the American palate for Ih the mot most part are too highly seasoned of 01 too greasy leU to 10 find ready d acceptance The Chinese have a vastly UY greater ye va rift ot of spices than Ihan we have some of them In fact being quite unknown to 10 Americans Among the richer Chinese e muter masters of the culinary art arl are held In hit hie esteem and command very high salaries The other side Id to fo the picture cooking conking amon among tb the poorer Chinese la III lanot not so 10 pliant Tb They boll everything the they eat In the came arn vessel end and seem n to have bave absolutely no for nf ness It I is not nol well to 10 watch Chinese Chine cooking going oln on it If on one is II to partake of tb resulting meal In tb the matter of fruits and veeta bles Chins China hu bas few It u any equals equal No Nowhere wh where else Ie Is II a greeter greAler variety or bet better ter quality to 10 be found fouad for tor they ther have all of our fruits trulla and some IOme of which w we know nothing Nuts Null of all kinds abound and are prepared In numerous wa ways while Chinese preserved ginger has become justly famous Is I Ialo also alo one of the Itron strong points of Chinese farming fanning and cooking The Pekin ducks art are celt celebrated bra led throughout tile the empire for tor their else 1 and delicacy dellacy and the preparation rallon of their le II one ot of the finest evidences Of Chinese skill In cookery It If one ofle of my American red read reden en en cares care to try a duck II a la III Chino here I Is the recIpe Take a fat duck Open and clean Take two mace of salt It end and rub rob over 1 it both end and In JUI Iut Into All an eArth eArthen en dish and take of fan spirits one cup and put Pili th the cup with the spirit inside the duc duck Do not let tile the spirit fail failon on tote to the duck only the va vapor Ur lit of the is wanted Blem over water waler till quite tender Lift out OUI the wine cup Into the bout Done DODe In this wa way there Is II no need of minor vegetables Amon Among the poorer Chi Chinese lie the consist generally ot of only one course coun while the tiro banquets Of the rich come Urn times have u II many u forty |