Virginia illustrated : containing a visit to the Virginian Canaan, and the adventures of Porte Crayon and his cousins . gathered in for dinner. There is a kind of seasoning found inthese mountain countries which gives to the coarsest food a savor,compared with which Delmoni-cos chefs de cuisine are it not be possible forsome of our chemists to makean extract from this sauce, andbottle it for city use? Howwould your truffles, your mush-rooms, your a la Marencjo^^ beblotted from the list of delica-cies, and their places filled with sauce a VAllegheine., and fried middling, saute a
Virginia illustrated : containing a visit to the Virginian Canaan, and the adventures of Porte Crayon and his cousins . gathered in for dinner. There is a kind of seasoning found inthese mountain countries which gives to the coarsest food a savor,compared with which Delmoni-cos chefs de cuisine are it not be possible forsome of our chemists to makean extract from this sauce, andbottle it for city use? Howwould your truffles, your mush-rooms, your a la Marencjo^^ beblotted from the list of delica-cies, and their places filled with sauce a VAllegheine., and fried middling, saute a Vair de le Montagne. After dinner cof-fee and cards were introduced ; and when it became too dark for all-fours, the vaulted aisles of the dim wood rang with songs, choruses,and recitations; and it is no more than just to mention that the neighboring bears had occasionally opportunities of liearing perform-ances that would have challenged the admiration of the most gifted cir-cles in the rainy days the camp had quite an air of domes-. ^^^/S^^, .T/^ FALLS OF THE BLACKWATEB. ENCAMPED ON THE BLACKWATER. 45 ticity. In the centre was the eternal j^arty at old sledge. Theauthor, wearied with such trite amusement, conned his note-bookin one corner; the artist, in another, arranged and retouched hissketches; while old Conway, with his jack-knife, passed his timein manufacturing wooden spoons, plates, and water-tight basketsof bark.
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