Travels Through Portugal and Spain
Title
Travels Through Portugal and Spain
Subject
A description of Portugal and Spain according to the author, Richard Twiss
Description
This page specifically describes the author's account of the foods grown in Granada, a region in Spain.
Creator
Richard Twiss
Source
University of California Libraries
Publisher
London: Robinson
Date
1772-3
Contributor
Internet Archive
Rights
Public Domain
Relation
[no text]
Format
jpg
Language
English
Type
Travel Writing
Identifier
SRLF_UCLA:LAGE-3325598 (call number within the University of California LIbraries)
Coverage
[no text]
Original Format
Paper, copper plates
Text
Its district produces wheat, barley, Tye, beans,
kidney-beans, vetches, garbanzos (which are a kind of peafe), lentils, oil, and wine ; pears, apples, pomegranates, quinces,
melons, water-melons, nuts, plums, cherries, apricots, figs, brebas (which are early figs, for they come twice a year in
Spain) ; the vegetables are, fallads, coleworts, pepper, of that kind known in England by the name of red or Guinea pepper,
garlick, parfnips, purflain, berengenas (which are a kind of pumpion), gourds, turnips, radiflies, endive, cucumbers, and
iomates ; thefe laft are a fort of apple of a fcarlet coJour, and of a very tart flavour ; they grow likewife in the fouthern parts of Italy.
kidney-beans, vetches, garbanzos (which are a kind of peafe), lentils, oil, and wine ; pears, apples, pomegranates, quinces,
melons, water-melons, nuts, plums, cherries, apricots, figs, brebas (which are early figs, for they come twice a year in
Spain) ; the vegetables are, fallads, coleworts, pepper, of that kind known in England by the name of red or Guinea pepper,
garlick, parfnips, purflain, berengenas (which are a kind of pumpion), gourds, turnips, radiflies, endive, cucumbers, and
iomates ; thefe laft are a fort of apple of a fcarlet coJour, and of a very tart flavour ; they grow likewife in the fouthern parts of Italy.
Files
Citation
Richard Twiss, “Travels Through Portugal and Spain,” Food origins, accessed October 4, 2024, https://tenochtitlan.omeka.net/items/show/76.