CHAPTER XXIV 



SOME EXPERIMENTAL FOODS 



FIFTY-EIGHT years ago Abraham Lincoln said : 

 "Population must increase rapidly, more rapidly than in 

 former times, and ere long the most valuable of all arts will 

 be the art of deriving subsistence from the smallest area of 

 soil. No community whose every member possesses this 

 art can ever be the victim of oppression in any of its forms. 

 Such community will alike be independent of crowned kings, 

 money kings, and land kings." 



The future, it seems, has many strange dishes hi store for 

 the American stomach. Whether you are rich or one of 

 the plain people that have to work, whether the idea of new 

 fantastic food appeals to your palate or to your pocket- 

 book, you will be attracted by the array of foreign viands 

 with curious names which have already been successfully 

 introduced and are now beginning to be marketed in this 

 country. Mr. William N. Taft, in the Technical World 

 Magazine, presents the following wild menu for the dinner 

 table: 



Jujube Soup 



Brisket of Antelope 



Boiled Petsai Dasheen au Gratin 



Creamed Udo 

 Soy Bean and Lichee Nut Salad 



Yang Taw Pie 



Mangoes Kaki 



Sake. 

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