 | John Lewis Burckhardt - Arabian Peninsula - 1829 - 522 pages
...them, and roasted it in the Medjba, a hole dug in the sand, and lined with small stones, which are heated; the flesh is laid upon them, and then covered...22nd. We left the well at halfpast three PM Route N. 10 W. ascending over uneven ground. In an hour and a half we entered the mountains, at the angle formed... | |
 | Andrew Crichton - Arabian Peninsula - 1833 - 476 pages
...Upon these the flesh is laid, and then covered closely up with cinders and the wet skin of the animal. In an hour and a half the meat is cooked ; and as it loses none of its juices it has an excellent flavour. It is customary in the desert, when a sheep or goat is killed, to eat... | |
 | Andrew Crichton - Arabian Peninsula - 1834 - 428 pages
...Upon these the flesh is laid, and then covered closely up with cinders and the wet skin of the animal. In an hour and a half the meat is cooked ; and as it loses none of its juices it has an excellent flavour. It is customary in the dfisert, when a sheep or goat is killed, to eat... | |
 | Andrew Crichton - Arabian Peninsula - 1834 - 436 pages
...Upon these the flesh is laid, and then covered closely up with cinders and the wet skin of the animal. In an hour and a half the meat is cooked; and as it loses none of its juices it has an excellent flavour. It is customary in the desert, when a sheep or goat is killed, to eat... | |
 | John Bell - Diet - 1842 - 504 pages
...Upon these the flesh is laid, and then covered up closely with cinders and the wet skin of the animal. In an hour and a half the meat is cooked, and as it loses none of its juices, it has an excellent flavour. Travellers agree in praising the meat dressed after this primitive fashion.... | |
 | Andrew Crichton - Arabian Peninsula - 1868 - 428 pages
...these the flesh is laid, and then covered closely up with cinders and th'e wet skin of the animal. In an hour and a half the meat is cooked ; and as it loses none of its juices it has an excellent flavour. It is customary in the desert, when a sheep or goat is killed, to eat... | |
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heated; the flesh is laid upon them, and then covered by cinders and the wet skin of the animal, and closely shut up with sand and clay. In an hour and a half the meat is cooked, and, as it loses none of its juices, has an excellent flavour. January 22nd.... 