The Curiosities of Food:

Or, The Dainties and Delicacies of Different Nations Obtained from the Animal Kingdom (Google eBook)

Peter Lund Simmonds

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R. Bentley, 1859 - Food - 372 pages

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Egad! What a portrait of humanity as an all-gobbling, endlessly hungry pestilence upon every other thing that moves or breathes! Mr. Simmonds is a charming wit, and he does seem to play favorites ... Read full review

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Table of Contents

John Bulls partiality for Beef 2 Comparative quantities	10

gines of various Countries 38 Bawflesh eaten in Green	45

Monkeys eaten in South America Africay and the Eastern	58

Camels Flesh 111 Axis DeerMoose DeerCarihbooVen	113

BIRDS	122

GRALLATORES	148

FISH	207

of Cummelmums used to rasp over Rice 223 Sharks	229

INSECTS	292

Insects furnish many good DelicaciesFairy Gates 292	304

ARACHNIDA	315

Flesh of Crustaceans Difficult of DigestionVarieties of Con	316

Oysters Natives and Scuttlemouths Racoon or Parasitic	342

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Title	The Curiosities of Food: Or, The Dainties and Delicacies of Different Nations Obtained from the Animal Kingdom
Author	Peter Lund Simmonds
Publisher	R. Bentley, 1859
Original from	Cornell University
Digitized	23 Mar 2009
Length	372 pages

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