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Show STIIANQE OniCNTAL FOODS. Ktoae IJuttr Tl.lun That Ala htiril from Ilia fait. Japan Is a beay shipper uf outlnnd-lah outlnnd-lah fooda to the new world H has a practical monopoly ot the lucaU which era used In making blrd's-neit soup, which, by tho wny, wheu preparid by nn Ameilcan chef, Is the mint delicious dlib of Ha data lu Ihe world It alio catches uitd drlea armies ot devllll li which are as popular In the Can si dried todflili In the Weel. In (an. the two sea fond are ver much allko In flavor, ami differ chiefly In their texture, tex-ture, the lirah of tho dcWIflih brltut bard, compact and mora llko muscle than that ot the familiar rod The inuihroama and eeu munurnoma aro two other famous Japanese edible that come to ua airoia tho I'mlnc They resemble muihrootna In tholr contour and struiture, but In nothing elie. The tree mtishrooina lmc a flavor ot wood bark, whllo the sea muihroom Wills away In rooking er much as If It ncro made ot marine glue In faei. It la used In JatMn for making tunable tu-nable gelatin for thickening itew aud soups In n uiin.li tbe same manner man-ner na we coinert the bUddara ot s'ur-kenua s'ur-kenua and other (Vabe Into animal .-i atlne for n similar purpose Driri flslips aie nuuther Important ijmn from the land of tbe Mikado I nllko us, the Japanese dry almoat eveiy eat able flab, fiom mlnnowe and white bait up in marine nulnwla as large u. the sturgeon aud the sworddih. Th Ir drying appears In be conducted upon a different system from our own When leady for the market their llih- are so dried as to augt kiln dn I timber. They apply the eamr iinKc to the lower ton ot sea life i.nl dtIccata clama, wuaaela iyitr i pro us. abrliupt, orawllib and iril.sl intll Ihey leiemblo atone Inlhlii, n L tlllon th foods wilt wllbsuud any f i mate and n at be kept in tbe o u air without spoiling for an enllre twelremonth. China I a cloee rlral of Japan, and display an eqaal Ingenuity In-genuity In making th dellcaele which Ii export to lb American market There I a long Hat of there which can be bought on Ilac street; the more Important nre crystallised llmea, dales, fig and watermelon rind, preserved watermelon eeed. dried ehlckeo and ducks, which are rleuned and flattened out until they reaembl n hemlock shingle; gigantic sardine In oil, where each fish I a foot In length and the box la orer a cubic foot In dimension: salted cabbage, of which tho tear unlike oura, are nn inch wide and threi er four feel long, augared flow era, 11 ihee nuts, maUls, which aro regelablei like a small potato In appearance, a rhpatnut In flavor and a radlsli In rrlipncaa; sweet pumpkins, which look like medlum-led watermelon and are tent oter torered with Hour or lime, nud preaerrcd efjta. Thete lnt are preaerrcd by coating them wllh a mixture of charcoal, time, clay and glue. Thera are any number at aweet-raeata, aweet-raeata, They are nil made upon the same plan aa Ihe cur-popular Canton ginger, being tho fruit cleaned, pro-pared pro-pared and boiled for many hours In strained honey Tamarinds, lime ind green date cooked In this manner mako ns delicious n dlih as any sybarite syba-rite could desire. In August nnd Hop-timber Hop-timber they send orer wet numbers of moon cakes, which nro curious little pleeea ot pailry used In tho celebration ot the festlral nf the harvest moon. In sppcaranco they nro llko a small pork pie which ha been stuffed with a quaint mixture of watermelon seeds, almonds, ralilna, lard, sugar, ginger, flour, rice and spices. |