MR HOGG AND HIS DINNER.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 533, 14 June 1909, Page 5

MR HOGG AND HIS DINNER.

; :iWHAT : DISHES. : vAn attempt : by' the ;Hon. Ai W. Hogg to interpret a menu •"card;",'.the', contents of which iw&ce •' in ooneiderable merriment in the'Hpuse during the Ad-dress-inißeply debate on'' Saturday. . Mr. Hogg had been aUuding to the need for eettfiig the land. Hewent onto say that .when-he lived in. :Wollirigtoii he a 'fifst-olass -hotel.! VWe: get. good.meahi," he ; oontinned, : "but); every . settler. can produce almost everything that, is, put' on at' the, table there, v Look; hero/' he "continued, "I .shall leadiour''menu'-'-tb: you , ."!;'\ ■:'-■■-'•.:•;.•;' '■ ."Mr:, Hogg ,;theh, prpceeded:,, ',Thire; ie';--fi«t. of ill—welir; 1' T=ril Deave that-out." ■■■; •.'• '■;■ : : (A glance; at !the card -afterwards showed, that- the first • 'item ' .was'-.' '■'- .'.'Huitres. au. 'Naturel.' , ) '•;.■'"'-;-- ; - ; :-:/'.''.-V'- - r --.; ■'.:;; ;."Well,".o6ntinued Mr. Hogg,."hero;is;the' next bne---('Oonsomrno a ,1a Napbleon , )— which is called ;';'Consummy ;-——.'/ -Owing .'to -laughter the;,latter, part of the "title" , couldhot be heard. -."Atany irate,-'he said, "it is only shin of beef." : (Laughter.) i. Mr. Hogg's attempts to get round - "Pot-' age; Cfecy a'; la' Chantilly" aroused, further merriment;":which'''was -heightened whbn; he - declared;that' it.;was I'only .the-.same thing with a little flour added." ■ ,1 :' :- ';■- ."Fillets-de'soles:a';la'Kormande .'occupio.l . lir. Hogg's.' attention. for.' 'some "Soles,":he' remarked; ."Ah; yes, this means 8 little'bit of 'nice fried.fish.''. ' : .;\;.'

:Mj. Fisher: Perhaps it-is your new:policy.' (Further 'laughter;).;;;}'i':V :; v .:;'-". ..■.-Proceeding, with theititlcs of the courses,. Mr/ : Hogg stumbled: heavily : over . "Swestbreads a la Munich," but felt more at honie when --be came-'-tb S'Lamb.'cutlets "a '■'.'lmperial," /and;: "Roast ..turkey a' la St. [jainesi^.'.:^'-"--'^;;^"^^-^'^ l ;;; '\ "■ ..-. ■;.':

',:'• ■ To - i Mr.. i■ I Hogg. ;J '■. "Roast 'duck, /.sauce,, 'pommes" did not present much difficulty, but. ■ lib '.mattervhow.-^harla' he -tried, he- could not twist-his tongue round "Fillet debbeuf a' la Jirdiniere." ;.v -r - V ,V- .'■' v ■'■ ! - : y ' : ••'• -

.'■:. immediately '.afterwards -Sir; Hogg looked Very pleased, .-/It was that; he.'had comp across ;-a dish.' the: name of which ■ was familiar to. him. "'''Boast- saddle 'of ;beef," - ke said with a chuckle. ."We all know what thai is;";--(Laughter.)^v, ; V::,;> : 'K ;■■'--;':;'- ; !'■■ '...;■■'•■&■•'■■ :,' But -Mr. Hogg -was not. out of the .bnsh yet. . "Aspei-ges au Beiirfe fondu" proved tbe;mbst'impossjble"title/of-.the lot. "This 'aspergess , "..he observed, 1 "is- merely the French 'for 'as-per-eh-gus,- " which he rhymed ; with: the river;;" Tagus. ; :;;; This;; brought .down the House.;':- .- :■-..'; :

■'~"■■' :When; : the ..laughter■.-,', had :; subsided,'. : Mr. Hogg .touched;, lightly, here: and there, , ;, on .'Touding ; a ■ la"'./yenoisoj , '■ '■ "Charlotte. a la inennier,"'; "Cheese etc.; ':■■■ '.'. -.'-- .'"What.- about the. champagne?."- asked' Mr!. Fisher.;S- ; ;- - !'!; r - : ":-':.-: ! '-'-; ■■:/ 'v' .'•■.■■."■ '■ '■'•.

:!]■':, In {reply, Mr. iHogg'.said-''that he had left -ffthat: disgusting, stuff" _.out. ■;. .lib v<.was,-. lie continued,- not a necessity. ' Hβ would not . .care;if it was £5 a;-bo.ttlo. .''Lthink," : ; he :'' ,added v ''a. glass of beer is far inbre'whole:Bome and palatable.">(liaughter;) y -"v' :>' ' Mr. Hogg said: 'What: does all ? this; hash boil down to? ■ One has only, to add V potatoes'and:cauliflowers,.leeka and onions,and some other Bayoury things which grow in '■•■ the garden:-. With the'exception of flour, all : th6;.articles__can be 'produced on a' 20-acre '•farm. on which theje. are 'a few cows, sheep, /and a - little ground fairly, well tilled. All that the settler .-.would' miss would be, -per-' .haps,'Jthe. waiters>in- any: amount of starch a!id frill and the nice : silver'dishes, and'he could spare-them. , All. the things;.which I • read—l belieye that I have had some difficulty in pronouncing some of ■ thenv—can : I repeat .be produced on a few acres of land /jf^O'people could.onlyiet , access.to It." '•■■ .'■■ These further; remarks were , received with •-- ■ epplanseV intermingled with' : laughter. '•-. -,-■