Capulet : " Sirrah, go hire me twenty cunning- cooks ! " Second Servant : "You shall have none ill, Sir." are not to be thought of as possible apart from poetry, music, and art, apart from friends or (ma conscience) heart ! xxiv INTRODUCTION TO THE MENUS "And there*will be plenty o' a' thing, To eat and to sup ye could name ; Wi' liquor, baith strong thing and sma' thing, To warm the inside of the wame. The meat wi' the music was trystit ; And, no' to lose time in the ha' The Clerk o' the parishen blessed it, Afore it was roastit ava." I think it may safely be claimed for this series of articles that they are at least something quite out of the beaten track. The compiling of them has given me much pleasure, besides affording me further education on the geography of the world. May I add a hope that I have helped to bring to house- keepers some of the advantages of foreign travel, combined with "a' the comforts o' the Sautmarket," and to wandered Scots — for it would be impossible to gather together in Princes Street a hundred fairly representative Scotsmen of whom a good many had not learnt to eat and drink whatever was offered them, asking no questions for conscience sake, " in aller Herren Landern " — agreeable memories of days and nights spent beneath warmer suns or yet colder stars than those of 55" 57' N. lat, and 3° 11' W. long. /^O^^^fX Edinburgh, 1st June 191 1. CONTENTS page A BALLADE OF DINNER . ii INTRODUCTION TO THE MENUS v-xxv MENUS, &c. :— I. Afghanistan i II. Africa — South 8 III. Algiers r7 IV. America . 22 V. Arabia 32 VI. Argentine . 40 VII. Armenia . • 47 VIII. Asia Minor • S3 IX. Austria . • 58 X. Belgium . . 64 XL Brazil • 74 XII. Bulgaria . 80 XIII. Canary Islands 86 XIV. China — North-West xxvti ■ 91 MENUS page XV. China — South-East 105 XVI. Denmark 112 XVII. Egypt . 118 XVIII. England 127 XIX. Finland • 139 XX. France — North 147 XXI. ,, — South • 157 XXII. Germany — North 164 XXIII. ,, — South l75 XXIV. Greece ■ 185 XXV. Hawaii • 195 XXVI. Hebrew 200 XXVII. Holland . 208 XXVIII. Hungary 219 India — XXIX. Bengal — Hindu . 226 XXX. Bengal — Mussulman . 238 XXXI. Bombay — Brahmin . • 245 XXXII. ,, — Mussulman • 253 XXXIII. Burmah 261 XXXIV. Central Provinces — Brahmin . 268 XXXV. ,, — Mussulman ■ 275 JCXV11} MENUS XXXVI. Ceylon XXXVII. Kashmir — Brahmin iXXVIII. ,, — Mussulman XXXIX. Madras — Hindu XL. ,, — Mussulman XLI. Mysore — Hindu . XLII. ,, — Mussulman XLIII. Nepal XLIV. Parsee — Fest. XLV. , , — Ordinary XLVI. Punjab — Brahmin XLVII. ,, — Mussulman XLVIII. Rajputana — Brahmin XLIX. ,, — Royal L. Indies — West LI. Ireland LII. Italy LIU. Jamaica LIV. Japan LV. Java LVI. Korea LVII. Kurdistan . PAGE . 282 290 • 295 • 3°r 308 • 315 • 322 • 328 ■ 322 337 343 • 353 • 363 • 369 • 378 384 397 . 408 • 4i5 • 42S 432 • 436 MENUS PAGE LVIII. Madagascar • 439 LIX. Malay 443 LX. Mexico ■ 452 LXI. Morocco . 460 LXII. Norway • 469 LXIII. Palestine — Arab • 477 LXIV. ,, — Hebrew . 481 LXV. Persia • 485 LXVI. Poland • 49o LXV1I. Portugal • 5°2 LXVIII.

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Capulet : " Sirrah, go hire me twenty cunning- cooks ! " Second Servant : "You shall have none ill, Sir." are not to be thought of as possible apart from poetry, music, and art, apart from friends or (ma conscience) heart ! "And there will be plenty o' a' thing, To eat and to sup ye could name ; Wi' liquor, baith strong thing and sma' thing, To warm the inside of the wame. The meat wi' the music was trystit ; And, no' to lose time in the ha' The Clerk o' the parishen blessed it, Afore it was roastit ava." I think it may safely be claimed for this series of articles that they are at least something quite out of the beaten track. The compiling of them has given me much pleasure, besides affording me further education on the geography of the world. May I add a hope that I have helped to bring to housekeepers some of the advantages of foreign travel, combined with "a' the comforts o' the Sautmarket," and to wandering Scots — for it would be impossible to gather together in Princes Street a hundred fairly representative Scotsmen of whom a good many had not learnt to eat and drink whatever was offered them, asking no questions for conscience sake, " in aller Herren Landern " — agreeable memories of days and nights spent beneath warmer suns or yet colder stars than those of 55" 57' N. lat, and 3° 11' W. long. /^O^^^fX Edinburgh, 1st June 191 1. CONTENTS page A BALLADE OF DINNER . v-xxv MENUS, &c. :— Afghanistan Africa — South Algiers r7 America . Arabia Argentine . 40 Armenia . • 47 Asia Minor • S3 Austria . • 58 Belgium . . 64 Brazil • 74 Bulgaria . 80 Canary Islands China — North-West xxvti ■ 91 page China — South-East Denmark Egypt . 118 XVIII. England Finland • 139 France — North ,, — South • 157 Germany — North XXIII. ,, — South Greece ■ 185 Hawaii • 195 Hebrew XXVII. Holland . 208 XXVIII. Hungary India — Bengal — Hindu . 226 Bengal — Mussulman . 238 Bombay — Brahmin . • 245 XXXII. ,, — Mussulman • 253 XXXIII. Burmah XXXIV. Central Provinces — Brahmin . 268 ,, — Mussulman ■ 275 JCXV11} XXXVI. Ceylon XXXVII. Kashmir — Brahmin iXXVIII. ,, — Mussulman XXXIX. Madras — Hindu ,, — Mussulman Mysore — Hindu . ,, — Mussulman XLIII. Nepal Parsee — Fest. , , — Ordinary Punjab — Brahmin XLVII. ,, — Mussulman XLVIII. Rajputana — Brahmin ,, — Royal Indies — West Ireland Italy LIU. Jamaica Japan Java Korea Kurdistan . PAGE . 282 • 295 • 3°r • 315 • 322 • 328 ■ 322 • 353 • 363 • 369 • 378 . 408 • 4i5 • 42S • 436 PAGE LVIII. Madagascar • 439 Malay Mexico ■ 452 Morocco . 460 Norway • 469 LXIII. Palestine — Arab • 477 ,, — Hebrew . 481 Persia • 485 Poland • 49o LXV1I. Portugal • 5°2 LXVIII.

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