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Allegorical representations of beverages in the forms of an Asian man holding a cup of tea, an Arabic man holding a cup of coffee, and a native American man holding a cup of chocolate. Includes feathered headdress and garments, leg ornaments, bow,…

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There is also another Commodity, great among the Spaniards, call’d Achiotte, wherewith they make their Chocolatte look of the colour of a brick.

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Against an Enterteinment, they frequently steep twenty or thirty Baskets of Indian Corn, and after the Water is impregnated, the Women chew more of the same Corn and spit into it, which ferments and works the Liquor like Yeast; and when it has done…

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“The other drink which is much used in the India’s is called Atolle, of which I will say but a little, because it cannot be used here. This was the drink of the ancient Indians, and is a thick pap made of the flower of Maiz, taking off the husks from…

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and the other Atolle, which is not unlike our Almond Milk, but much thicker and is made of the juyce of the young Maiz or Indian Wheat, which they so confection with spices, musk, and sugar, that it is not only admirable in the sweetness of the…

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Nothing is more universally drank in the City of Mexico itself, and in such Towns as are under the Dominion of the Spaniards, than Chocolate. Gemelli informs us, that to every Pound of the Cocoa-nut the Europeans add a Pound of Sugar, and an Ounce of…

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Nothing is more universally drank in the City of Mexico itself, and una such Towns as are under the Dominion of the Spaniards, than Chocolate. Gemelli informs us, that to every Pound of the Cocoa-nut the Europeans add a Pound of Sugar, and an Ounce…

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But the art of making sugar, it is said, never was practiced by the aborigines of the West Indian islands, until they were settled by Europeans; nor by the Mexicans, or Peruvians

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What they intend to preserve, they dry upon a wooden Grate (which is call’d Barbecue) making Fire of Wood-coals under it; this they renew for three or four Days, or a Week, till the Meat is as dry as a Chip, and the Pieces will keep a great while.…

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Wheaten bread is quite banish'd from those parts, for the inhabitants eat none but cakes made of Maiz or Indian wheat, which is also given to the horses and mules instead of barely: They first wet, and then grind it on a stone as the do cacao. The…

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Wheaten bread is quite banish'd from those parts, for the inhabitants eat none but cakes made of Maiz or Indian wheat, which is also given to the horses and mules instead of barely: They first wet, and then grind it on a stone as the do cacao. The…

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Nothing is more universally drank in the City of Mexico itself, and una such Towns as are under the Dominion of the Spaniards, than Chocolate. Gemelli informs us, that to every Pound of the Cocoa-nut the Europeans add a Pound of Sugar, and an Ounce…

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Cocoa diluted in warm water, or seasoned with honey or pimiento, was their best liquor.

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There are two sorts of Cacao; the one is common, which is of a dark colour inclining towards red, being round and pick’d at the ends; the other is broader, and bigger, and flatter, and not so round, which they call, Patlaxte, and this is white, and…

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They have seldom more than one Set-meal, but they eat Plantains and other Fruits, raw or roasted, almost all Day long. They have also the Flour of Indian Wheat, or of the Cassavi Root, whith which they sometimes make a kind of Gruel, or else make it…

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I should believe it less of the Indians than any other People, since it is agreed that they lived for the most part on Fruits, Roots and Herbs, and very little in Flesh of any kind.

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Every thing they eat is high-season’d with Pepper, and Salt too, if they can get it; but, as a Salt is scarce in many Places, they are content with streaking their Meat upon a Lump of Salt, before they put it into their Mouths.

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There is scarce any Flesh, Fish, or Fowl, but what the Natives of Mexico eat either stew’d or barbecued, that is, broil’d over a wood Grate, or upon the Coals; and I don’t perceive they use either Knives, Forks, or Spoons, in eating; buy take up the…

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What they intend to preserve, they dry upon a wooden Grate (which is call’d Barbecue) making Fire of Wood-coals under it; this they renew for three or four Days, or a Week, till the Meat is as dry as a Chip, and the Pieces will keep a great while.…

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That though the meat we fed on was as fair to look on, as in Spain, yet the substance and nourishment in it came far short of it, by reason of the pasture, which is drier and hath not the change of springs which the pastures of Europe have, but is…

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As to their Cookery, whether their Flesh is dried or fresh killed, they cut it into small Pieces, and throw it into a Pipkin,

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Their principal food is Either Indian Corn, parch’d and ground into Flour, and made into thin Cakes; Fruit, particularly Plantains, Roots, and sometimes Fish, wild Hogs, Deer, or other Venisons.

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Adding some Roots, green Plantains, or their Fruits with a great deal of Pepper, stewing them together seven or eight Hours, and not suffering them to boil; this reduces all the Ingredients to a Pulp or Hotch-potch, and is for their Set-meal at Noon.

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As concerning the long red Pepper [Chile] there are four sorts of it; one is called Chilchotes; the other is very little, which they call Chilterpin, and these two kinds are very quick and biting. The other two are called, Tonalchiles, and these are…

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long red Pepper, call’d Chile, which though it be hot in the mouth, yet is cool and moist in the operation.

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Nothing is more universally drank in the City of Mexico itself, and una such Towns as are under the Dominion of the Spaniards, than Chocolate. Gemelli informs us, that to every Pound of the Cocoa-nut the Europeans add a Pound of Sugar, and an Ounce…

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As to Chocolate, this serves both for Meat and Drink, in almost every Province of Mexico, both among civiliz’d and barbarous Indians, if they can get it; but this is so much us’d by the Spaniards, and so much of it exported to Europe, that is pretty…

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At different intervals during the time of dinner, there entered certain Indians, hump-backed, very deformed, and ugly, who played tricks of buffoonery, and others who they said were jesters. There was also a company of singers and dancers, who…

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This name Chocolatte is an Indian name, and it is compounded from Atte, as some say, or as others, Atle, which in the Mexican language signifieth Water, and from the sound which the water (wherein is put the Chocolatte) makes as Choco, Choco, Choco,…

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I will yet before I depart from Chiapa to Guatemala, say somewhat of that Drink [Chocolatte] so much us’d by the Spaniards, and in my Judgement not to be [ilegible], but rather to be Publish’d and made known to all Nations, whose Use might remedy the…

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And it became afterwards a Proverb in that Country, Beware of Chocolat of Chiapa; which made me so cautious, that I would not drink afterwards of it in any House, where I had not very great satisfaction of the whole family.

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But the other, Chocolatte, is made up in Boxes, and sent not only to Mexico and the parts thereabouts, but [ilegible] of it is yearly transported into Spain.

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The Spaniards taught by the Mexicans, and convinced by their own Experience, that this Drink, as rustick as it appeared to them, nevertheless yielded very wholesome Nourishment

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As to their Cookery, whether their Flesh is dried or fresh killed, they cut it into small Pieces, and throw it into a Pipkin,

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They go out hunting and shooting frequently in Companies a Week or Fortnight for Food, every Man carrying with him his Bow and Arrows, or a Gun, if he can procure one, a Spear, a Hatchet, and a long Knife. Each Man also takes a Dog or two with him to…

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Their principal food is Either Indian Corn, parch’d and ground into Flour, and made into thin Cakes; Fruit, particularly Plantains, Roots, and sometimes Fish, wild Hogs, Deer, or other Venisons.

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The Indians scarce undertake any Business of Consequence, without making an Entertainment. If the propose entering into a War, either with Spaniards, or any Indian Nation; their Chiefs are summon’d to a Consultation, where they eat and drink…

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The chief pulse of the Mexicans, was the French bean, of which the species are more numerous and more varied than those of maize. The largest species is the Ayacotli, which is the size of a common bean, and comes from a beautiful red flower; but the…

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At Weddings, and other joyful Occasions, they have their Feasts, where they continue drinking two or three Days, till all the Liquor is out: And as they are very quarrelsome in their Drink, the Master of the house always secures their Arms before…

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I should believe it less of the Indians than any other People, since it is agreed that they lived for the most part on Fruits, Roots and Herbs, and very little in Flesh of any kind.

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As their Pine-apples are one of the most delicious Fruits of America, an Infusion of these is one of their beloved Liquors; and indeed they make Drink of all manner of Fruits almost, as well as Grain, adding Honey to them at their Entertainments.

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When it is poured out into an Earth-dish or Calabash, and being set upon a Wooden-block, that serves them for a Table, they sit round it on the lesser Blocks, every one having a Calabash of Water standing by him on the Ground, into which they…

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Adding some Roots, green Plantains, or their Fruits with a great deal of Pepper, stewing them together seven or eight Hours, and not suffering them to boil; this reduces all the Ingredients to a Pulp or Hotch-potch, and is for their Set-meal at Noon.

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Their principal food is Either Indian Corn, parch’d and ground into Flour, and made into thin Cakes; Fruit, particularly Plantains, Roots, and sometimes Fish, wild Hogs, Deer, or other Venisons.

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As their Pine-apples are one of the most delicious Fruits of America, an Infusion of these is one of their beloved Liquors; and indeed they make Drink of all manner of Fruits almost, as well as Grain, adding Honey to them at their Entertainments.

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There is scarce any Flesh, Fish, or Fowl, but what the Natives of Mexico eat either stew’d or barbecued, that is, broil’d over a wood Grate, or upon the Coals; and I don’t perceive they use either Knives, Forks, or Spoons, in eating; buy take up the…

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Nothing is more universally drank in the City of Mexico itself, and una such Towns as are under the Dominion of the Spaniards, than Chocolate. Gemelli informs us, that to every Pound of the Cocoa-nut the Europeans add a Pound of Sugar, and an Ounce…

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. They have also the Flour of Indian Wheat, or of the Cassavi Root, whith which they sometimes make a kind of Gruel, or else make it into Paste, and bake as hard as a Biscuit; and either the Flour and Bisquit made of it, they have always by them,…

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They go out a hunting and shooting frequently in Companies a Week or Fortnight for Food, every Man carrying with him his Bow and Arrows, or a Gun, if he can procure one, a Spear, a Hatchet, and a long Knife. Each Man also takes a Dog or two with him…

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