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Cooking Locutti In tha Philippines
(PreparHt bv National Geographic rfoclot*
Washington. D C.)-WNU Service.
FKoCj legs. once almost an exclu
slve tidbit of Gallic peoples are
adorning many American dinner
tables. Sixty million frog legs
are consumed in New York city an
nually. Chicago also proves that frog
leg eating Is becoming "Amerlcanese."
for more than thirty-six million were
eaten In that city last year. Sun
Francisco palates were "tickled** by
more thnn sixteen million frog legs;
New Orleans ale slightly more, and
Los Angeles slightly less.
In fact, frog logs have become so
popular that a new industry ? frog
ranching? has come Into American in
dustrial life. California has no na
tlve frogs but ranchers have seen to
it that many pairs have been Imported
from Louisiana to habilitate synthetic
frog lakes and marshes.
The frog's entry on American menus
recalls many strange foods of the
world. In the markets of the United
St:it ps where frog legs may be pur
chased. the housewife may buy a fresh
"mnrsh rabbit" which, before trapping
and skinning, was none other than a
musk rat.
For two centuries a town in Massa
chusetts has supported a seaweed
(Irish moss) industry. Irish moss is
torn from New England rocks and is
u<*'d in making blancmange and rnanv
other puddings. There are some 200
edihle seaweeds from which are ex
tracted Ingredients for American Ice
creams, jellies, pastries, cereal foods
nnd salads, while In Japan the weeds
are boiled with rice and strips of meat
and placed in a popular sandwich
called sushi The Japanese cultivate
seaweed and In Tokyo bay the "farm
ers" employ more than 3.000 people.
Haw monkey brains on the half
skull, pigskins and bird's nest soun
and pickled water beetles are eaten
In China. Silkworms are eaten after
the cocoon has-been unwound. Horses,
donkeys and camels, after they have
lost their usefulness as beasts of bur
den, are consumed by some Asiatic
tribes. Caterpillars, frogs and snails
are relished when obtainable.
Water lily bulbs make delectable
oriental desserts. The hulbs are oft
en called water chestnuts. Their nu
tritlve value is compared with that of
tapioca
Old Eggs Liked in China.
Chinese enjoy eggs whose owners
have long forgotten their age. The
orientals claim they lend a somewhat
oysterlike taste to oriental soups.
Jellyfish also are relished along the
Asiatic seaboard.
At Japanese inns the traveler is told
that "Bombay duck" can he had at a
reasonable price. The hungry custom
er visions a fat fowl but the waiter
brings In pieces of smoked fish about
two Inches long and as thin as a dime.
The menu also includes pickled sea
weed, seaweed Jelly, and chutney,
which resembles pickled citron but is
almost as hot as Mexican chile.
More raw than cooked fish Is eaten
by Japanese. Raw baby octopuses are
particularly popular. ** Japanese Llm
burger** is not a cheese but a Japanese
pickled dlakon. or long white radish.
Koreans, like many orientals live
mostly on rice. They cook their sea
weed in oil and serve It with slices
red peppers. Kimshee. a kind of
sauerkraut. Is a favorite Korean dish
To the north, the natives of Kam
chatka relish the tongues and the nnr
row of the bones of reindeer, but the
plece-de-reslstance Is the meat of un
born fawns. From the stomach of th?
reindeer the natives obtain their
greens ? half digested balls of moss
A popular native dish Is reindeer saus
which has been surrounded by
dough and dropped Into boiling water
On the lower end of the peninsula
where salmon are plentiful, dishes of
bolted fish eyes are considered a deli
cacy. Some inhabitants of Asia Minor
prefer sheep eyes.
New Guinea natives find China a
good market for sharks' Bus from which
the Celestials make a delectable soup,
and also for beche de mer, a large
sea slug found in south Pacific waters.
Eel !? a Popular Dish.
The New Guinea natives are fond
of the pith of sago pal ins. potatoes and
bananas: and dog, snake and lizard
flesh vie with that of tne pig. The
womenfolk gather beetles, grubs and
larvue from trees to grace the festive
board.
Eel meals are as popular among Jap
anese as are Maryland chicken dinners
in Baltimore. In some Japanese cities,
eel houses are nearly as numerous as
welner stands at a county fair. When
the diner enters an eel house he Is
led to a large tub of live eels. He
makes his choice of the wriggling crea
tures, it is speared, split along the
back, cut Into small pieces, and with
soy sauce, is cooked over a charcoal
Are.
Perhaps few people live as close to
nature as the pygmies of the ttelgiau
Congo. Tender roots are staples, but
birds, small game, rodents or cater
pillnr8 are not objectionable.
In addition to many viands on the
pygmy bill of fare, the Madagascar
natives eat a species of spider, silk
worms, grasshoppers, and dried lo
custs. When a "cloud" of locusts set
tles on a crop, a sufficient number of
them are collected to offset the loss
of food which the insects consume.
Every good native Madagascan
housewife has in reserve a supply ??f
dried locusts to sustain the family in
times of famine. Grasshopper soup
is a Hottentot dish of merit Arabs
make a flour of the dried insects.
Yuk cheese is a staple in the Mull
kingdom of western China and would
not be objectionable to the western
traveler if It were nor for t lie numer
ous yak hairs in the substance.
Ou the table of the Corsiran. a trav
eler might see half of the head of a
Iamb with tongue, cheek and brain in
place. About the time the American
appetite is whetted for Thanksgiving
turkey. Corsican fishermen are catrh
ing eels for home consumption and for
shipment to Nice and Naples where
they are a delicacy.
Truffles of France.
The varied bill of ritre of the
Frenchman includes foie g?us ? a paste
of fatty goose livers. Truffles are
rare delicacies. French farmers are
irequently seen leading their pig and
dog "truffle sniffers" over the tields.
Truffles are small, round, blackish
gray fungi which usually are found
about six inches below the surface of
the earth. When the "sniffer" locates
a truffle, he tries to uproot it. When
near the choice morsel his master
strikes him shnrply on rhe nose with
a stick and completes the digging.
Basques about Bilboa. Spain, relish
white, transparent worms about two
inches long. They are fried in oil and
are served hot.
Oni unusual meat ts served not far
from the American border. The lu
dians of Mexico prefer Iguuna flesh
i 'o chk'ktu The ap|>eurance in the
markets of the green lizardlike body
bedecked with a crest of spines roi.
ning down to a long alligator-like tail
dulls the appetite of the hungry alien
shopper.
Crocodile meat is good food in Af
| rlca and southern negroes enjoy the
tails of the reptiles. Meat of sharks
from teni|?erate and tropical waters
has a good market In Afri?-a nod als<
?>n the Malay peninsula while the jrmii
Arctic shark is s native food of Green
land.
Lists Soybean and
Alfalfa Varieties
Advice Given on Record
and Performances.
I.'?w soybean and alfalfa seed prices
tliis year may result in more of these
two crops being grown, according to R.
D. Lewis, extension specialist in farm
crops ar the Ohio State university.
Because of the line record and per
formance made by soybean seed avail
able locally, the variety Manchu should
be preferred in 1H32 for hay or grain
production, he believes. There is a
specially selected strain of Manchu
here in Ohio that is superior to strains
from other states. Peking. Virginia
and possibly Wilson are superior nay
bea? for southern Ohio. Only soy
bean seed that has been tested recently
for germination shouiu be purchased.
Alfalfa seed prices also are very low
In 1SI32 and in some cases may be ob
tained as reasonably as red clover. On
suitable soils some of it may well he
Included In the regular hay mixtures.
Pure stands may be seeded at low
costs where all conditions as to drain
age and line forecast successful re
sults.
Por best performance and persistent
fttiind?. Lew?? re^'fnmeods the varie
gated alfalfas Of these, the new
llardigan alfalfa from Michigan is su
perior. Grimm is a close second.
Good Growth of Alfalfa
Depends on Many Things
Careful planning Is necessary to in
sure a Rood stand and growth of al
falfa. Many prospective fields have
been unprofitable because tliey were
not carefully selected and planned.
| Unsuitable fields. Improperly prepared
seedbeds, too thick and prow thy nurse
crops, and ur.adapted seed, are causes
of failure that are most common.
Alfalfa requires a Rood loam soil
thnt Is well drained. Usually It does
not do well on clay and most sand soils
lack fertility to give It a pood chance.
A soil und rlald with gravel to pro
vide natural dralnnge Is desirable. It
Is useless to sow alfalfa on sour soils.
If a soil te?ts acid It should he treated
with limestone Alfalfa feeds heavily
on phosphorus and potassium, and as
a crop of a! fa' fa Is left for three or
four yeam, it Is essential that the soil
be well supplied with these plnnt
foods.
In sele.-tlng seed. cet dean seed free
from weeds. The seed should have
been produced In a climate as severe
as where the crop Is to he grown.
Seed produced In mild climates should
not be used The seed should be se
cured well in advance, as last minute
purchases may be disappointing. ?
Prairie Farmer.
When Burning: Trash
Many farmers are tempted to burn
the weeds and trash along their fences
to destroy weed seeds and the ejrgs
and larvae of ln?ect pests. Such hurn
Ing will help to some extent, although
most of the eegs and larvae are In the
eroiind safely helow the heat zone. It
should be kept In mind however, that
burning off a heavy growth of grass
or weeds under a gal vanlzed barbed
or woven wire fencing will generate
heat enouzh to melt or blister the r.inc
galvanizing und will materially shorten
i lie l!fe ??f tlv fencing. !f It seems
necessary to burn the fence rows. It Is
advisable to take down the fencing,
burn the trash, disk the fence row
thoroughly see that the corner posts
are solid and well braced, then re
stretch the fence tightly. ? American
Agriculturist.
?lfplfa for Ewe Flock
Alfalfa hay Is a wonderful help to
the storkman In winter, not only be
cause of Its nutritive quality, hnt on
account of the mineral content which
prevents what Is commonly known as
"calcium deficiency" In the ration. This
Is an Important matter with the
ewe flock. They may rob their bodies
of lime In growing the lambs and. the
first one knows, they are down and
perhaps dead Correction of such
troubles before they even start Is the
point of Importance. Alfalfa or good
clover hay. and turnips or other suit
able roots, are the best winter insur
ance for the flock.? Rural New Yorker.
Around the Farm
It pays to use good seed because it
means larger yields of better quality
crops.
? ? ?
Ewes should be fed liberally enough
to bring them up to co? c! condition be- j
fore lambing lime. Keeping down feed
costs on a fl??ck of ew^s may be the
most expensive way they can be ban
died.
? * ?
Economists believe I hat properly
cared for farm manure will save
enough In fertiliser bills to pay the
taxes. Store It In a c??o.- rete lined pit
with a roof over If an.1 apply on the
fields as soon as possible.
I just postpone it!"
**No, I don't have ?nerves/ You can't have them, and
bold this sort of position. My head used to throb
around three o'clock, and certain days, of course,
were worse than others.
"Then I learned to rely on Bayer Aspirin.'*
The sure cure for any headache is rest. But some
limes we must postpone it. That's when Bayer
Aspirin saves the day. Two tablets, and the nagging
pain is gone until you are home. And once you are
comfortable, the pain seldom returns!
Keep Bayer Aspirin handy. Don't put it iway,
or put off taking it. Fighting a headache to finish the
day may be heroic, but it is also a little foolish. So is
sacrificing a night's sleep because you've an annoying
cold, or irritated throat, or grumbling tooth, neuralgia,
neuritis. These tablets always relieve. They don't
depress the heart, and may be taken freely. That is
medical opinion. It is a fact established by the last
twenty years of medical practice.
The only caution to be observed is when you ara
buying aspirin. Bayer is genuine. Tablets with tho
Bayer cross are safe.
"FATIGUE?
Reason Enough!
"Why do you beat your wife?"
"She keeps saying she's unhappily
married."? London Tit-Bits.
Discussion
"I'd rather be right thnn be Presi
dent."
"You think a fellow can't be both?*
Food for thought
Mum and women find that those recurrent spring colds reduce
their alertness of mind and body. To avoid such nuisances,
doctors advise them to increase their bodies' store of Vitamin
A. It is recognized that Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil
contains a wealth of this valuable protective vitamin ... as
well as Vitamin D, so indispensable for sound booes and
teeth. Children and adults find the emulsion an easy, pleasant
way of taking cod liver oil. Scott & Bowne, Bloomfield, N. J.
Sales Representative, Harold F. Ritchie fit Co., Inc., New York.
Scott's Emulsion
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have to introduce
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All should be tuuglit to spenk
calmly and sensibly in public, but
not necessarily to be orators.
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