 ... shillings the bushel ; it is of a round shape, and hath a thick tough rind ; when the fruit is ripe it is yellow and soft, and the taste is sweet and pleasant. The natives of Guam use it for bread. They gather it, when full grown, while it is green...  Jack Adams, the Mutineer - Side 55af Frederick Chamier - 1838Fuld visning - Om denne bog
 | Mary Russell Mitford - 1811 - 368 sider
...gather it when full grown, while it is green and hard ; then they bake it in an oven, which scorches the rind, and makes it black ; but they scrape off...inside is soft, tender, and white, like the crumb of a penny-loaf: there is neither seed nor stone in the inside, but all is of a pure substance like bread:... | |
 | John Sims - 1828 - 370 sider
...gathering it when fully grown, while it is green and hard, and then baking it in an oven, which scorches the rind and makes it black ; but they scrape off...crust, and the inside is soft, tender, and white, resembling the crumb of a loaf. There is neither seed nor stone in the inside, but all is of a pure... | |
 | Frederick William N. Bayley - 1830 - 754 sider
...gather it when full grown, while it is green and hard ; then they bake it in an oven, which scorches the rind and makes it black, but they scrape off the...and the inside is soft, tender, and white, like the crumbs of a penny loaf. There is neither seed nor stone in the inside, but all of a firm substance... | |
 | Frederic William Naylor Bayley - 1830 - 1388 sider
...gather it when full grqwj^, while it is green and hard ; then they bake it iR.,ap oven, which scorches the rind and makes it black, but they scrape off the...there remains a tender thin crust, and the inside is s tender, and white, like the crumbs of a penny loaf. There is neither seed nor stone in the inside,... | |
 | Sir John Barrow - 1831 - 392 sider
...like apples ; it is as big as a penny-loaf, when wheat is at five shillings the bushel ; it is of a round shape, and hath a thick tough rind ; when the...inside is soft, tender, and white, like the crumb of a pennyloaf. There is neither seed nor stone in the inside, but all is of a pure substance like bread.... | |
 | Sir John Barrow - 1832 - 320 sider
...like apples ; it is as big as a penny loaf, when wheat is at five shillings the bushel ; it is of a round shape, and hath a thick tough rind ; when the...inside is soft, tender, and white, like the crumb of a penny-loaf. There is neither seed nor stone in the inside, but all is of a pure substance like bread.... | |
 | Frederic William Naylor Bayley - 1833 - 782 sider
...gather it when full grown, while it is green and hard ; then they bake it in an oven, which scorches the rind and makes it black, but they scrape off the...remains a tender thin crust, and the inside is soft, J tender, and white, like the crumbs of a penny loaf. There is neither seed nor stone in the inside,... | |
 | William Bligh - 1838 - 86 sider
...taste is sweet and pleasant. The natives of Guam use it for bread. They gather it, when full-grown, while it is green and hard ; then they bake it in...inside is soft, tender, and white like the crumb of a penny-loaf. There is neither seed nor stone in the inside, but all is of a pure substance, like bread.... | |
 | Thomas Andrew - 1842 - 728 sider
...penny loaf when the wheat is five shillings the bushel. Itis of a round shape, and hath a tough thick rind. When the fruit is ripe, it is yellow and soft,...and the inside is soft, tender, and white, like the crumbs of a penny loaf. There is neither seed nor stone in the inside, but all a firm substance like... | |
 | 1866 - 476 sider
...when the fruit is ripe it is yellow and soft, and the taste is sweet and pleasant. The natives of Gnam use it for bread ; they gather it when full grown,...there remains a tender thin crust, and the inside is •oft, tender, and white, like the crumb of a penny loaf ; there is neither seed nor stono in the... | |
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