STBANGE FOODS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1838, 11 May 1888, Page 4

STBANGE FOODS.

The old acyinu: that what la one mart 'a meat ia another man's poison, is realised m the opposite taate3 of people. The Taiks shuddfer an the thonght of eating oysters The Digg-r Indians of the Pacific Coast r»j)iced m the great looast swarms of 1875 as a dispensation of tba Greht Spirit, a: d laid ta a store of dried Icenat powder eufficient to last them for several years, 'J he French will eat froga 4 snails, and the diseased liver of Pbeae>, bnt draw the line at allisatorp. BuckJand declares the taEte of the boa conp.triciw? to be good and muoh like veal. Qaae*,, the fermented cabbage water of the Raeaians, is their popular tipple. It ia described as resembling a mixtare of eta}© fiah and Boapsnda In ta&t», yet, next to beer, it baa more votaries than any other- fermented beverage. A tallow candle wgohed down with quasß form 3 a meal that it would be hard to be thaakfnl for.. In Oaaton and other Chinese cities the rats are sold at the rate of 2? per dozen, sad the hind quarters of the dog ara hung up m the batchers' ehcp alongside of matton and lamb, bqt command a higher price. The edible bird's nesta of the Chinese are «rorth twice their weight m ailver, the finest quality aeiliog for as much as £6 per pound. The natives of the Antillea eat &ri./ator esgs ; acd the egg 3of the turtle are popular everywhere, though up to the commencement of last century turtle waa only eaten by the poor of Jamaica, A.nts were eaten by different nations. Ia Bn z I they are served with a resinous sav.ce, and m Africa they are ■tewed with grease or butter. The East Indians catch them m pits and wash ther^ In handfuls like raisins. I a Slam lev iK y of sat egga is a very costly loxury. The Cingalese eat the bees after robbing them of their honey. Caterpillars and solders are dainties to the African After they have wound the sil' f foln the cocoon the Chinese eat thech- /y^ a H BO f the silkworm, Splderß roasted area BOrt o{ deaeert with the i^ew Cale j OD i anß .