Uncle Dick and Lisa's Old Time Animal Tales

     A curious and cruel way of cooking turtles appears in a Chinese cooking book. The turtle is placed in a vessel of water on the fire, with a lid over it, having an aperture of such size and so arranged that the turtle can just get his head out, and in reach of highly spiced wine. As the temperature of the water increases, so does his thirst, and he gradually goes on drinking the seasoned fluid until the heat kills him, by which time his whole system has become impregnated with the vino-aromatic seasoning, and a flavor described as delicious, is imparted to the flesh.