A rebel bill of fare.
J. H. Early,
Surgeon of the Seventeenth Iowa regiment, found the following copy of a bill of fare in the rebel camps at
Vicksburgh.
While it is a capital specimen of burlesque, it is no less a melancholy specimen of burlesque upon the rebel rations of mule flesh indulged in by them during the last day of the siege:
| Soup. |
| Mule Tail. |
| boiled. |
| Mule bacon with poke greens. |
| Mule ham canvassed. |
| Roast. |
| Mule sirloin. |
| Mule rump stuffed with rice. |
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| Vegetables. |
| Peas and rice. |
| Entrees. |
| Mule head stuffed á la mode. |
| Mule beef jerked á la Mexicana. |
| Mule ears fricasseed á la gotch. |
| Mule side stewed, new style, hair on. |
| Mule spare ribs plain. |
| Mule liver hashed. |
| side dishes. |
| Mule salad. |
| Mule hoof soused. |
| Mule brains á la omelette. |
| Mule kidney stuffed with peas. |
| Mule tripe fried in pea-meal butter. |
| Mule tongue cold á la Bray. |
| Jellies. |
| Mule foot. |
| Pastry. |
| Pea-meal pudding, blackberry sauce. |
| Cottonwood berry pies. |
| China berry tart. |
| Dessert. |
| White oak acorns. |
| Beech nuts. |
| Blackberry leaf tea. |
| Genuine confederate coffee. |
| Liquors. |
| Mississippi Water, vintage of 1492, superior, $3. |
| Limestone Water, late importation, very fine, $2.75. |
| Spring Water, Vicksburgh brand, $1.50. |
| Meals at all hours.
Gentlemen to wait upon themselves.
Any inattention on the part of servants will be promptly reported at the office. |
Card.--The proprietors of the justly celebrated
Hotel de Vicksburgh, having enlarged and refitted the same, are now prepared to accommodate all who may favor them with a call.
Parties arriving by the river or
Grant's inland route, will find Grape, Canister & Co.'s carriages at the landing or any depot on the line of intrenchments.
Buck, Ball & Co. take charge of all baggage.
No effort will be spared to make the visit of all as interesting as possible
