 | 1799 - 358 pages
...in an oven of heated stones. When the pieces of bread-fruit are taken out, the outsides are brown, and the inner part presents a white or yellowish,...substance, in appearance slightly resembling the crumb of a wheaten loaf. Its colour, size, and structure are, however, the only resemblance it has to bread. It... | |
 | William Ellis - 1829 - 574 pages
...depth. In this state, the oven remains half an hour or longer, when the earth is cleared away, the leaves are removed, and the pieces of bread-fruit...frequently rather sweet; it is somewhat farinaceous, but by no means so much so as several other vegetables, and probably less so than the English potato, to... | |
 | 1849 - 356 pages
...in an oven of heated stones. When the pieces of bread-fruit are taken out, the outsides are brown, and the inner part presents a white or yellowish,...substance, in appearance slightly resembling the crumb of a wheaten loaf. Its colour, size, and structure are, however, the only resemblance it has to bread. It... | |
 | Theodore Dwight - 1845 - 846 pages
...and the inner parts present a white or yellowish, cellular pulpy substance, in appearance slight ly resembling the crumb of a small wheaten loaf. Its...it is somewhat farinaceous, but not so much so as s&veral other vegetables, and probably less so than the English potato, to which in flavor it is also... | |
 | George Hanneman Bennett - 1866 - 366 pages
...several inches are spread over all. In rather more than half an hour, the bread-fruit is ready ; ' the outsides are, in general, nicely browned, and...substance, in appearance slightly resembling the crumb of a wheaten loaf.' It has little taste, but is frequently sweetish, and more resembles the plantain than... | |
 | 1868 - 858 pages
...several inches are spread over all. In rather more than half an hour, the bread-fruit is ready ; ' the outsides are, in general, nicely browned, and...substance, in appearance slightly resembling the crumb of a vheaten loaf.' It has little taste, but is frequently sweetish, and more resembles the plantain than... | |
 | 1868 - 872 pages
...several inches are spread over all. In rather more than half an hour, the bread-fruit is ready ; ' the outsides are, in general, nicely browned, and...substance, in appearance slightly resembling the crumb of a wheaten loaf.' It has little taste, but is frequently sweetish, and more resembles the plantain than... | |
 | 1876 - 852 pages
...several inches are spread over all. In rather more than half an hour, the bread-fruit is ready ; ' the outsides are, in general, nicely browned, and...inner part presents a white or yellowish cellular üpy substance, in appearance slightly resembling ie crumb of a wheaten loaf.' It has little taste,... | |
 | 1879 - 876 pages
...several inches are spread over all. In rather more than half an hour, the bread-fruit is ready ; " the outsides are, in general, nicely browned, and the inner part presents a white or yel-. lowish cellular pulpy substance, in appearance slighly resembling the crumb of a wheaten loaf."... | |
 | 1880 - 888 pages
...inches are spread over all. In rather'more than half an hour, the bread-fruit is Bread-nut. i л idy; "the outsides are, in general, nicely browned, and...substance, in appearance slightly resembling the crumb of a В re ak wate r. ready; or yell _ ... „ •— wheaten loaf." It has little taste, but is frequently... | |
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... place a layer of the fruit, then stones, leaves, and fruit alternately, till the hole is nearly filled, when leaves and earth to the depth of several inches are spread over all. In rather more than half an hour, the bread-fruit is ready ; ' the outsides... 
