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Indies/' This author says, " the pulpe of 

 the pompion is neuer eaten raw, but boiled 

 in milk and buttered ; is not onely a good 

 wholesome meate for man's bodie, but, being 

 so prepared, is also a most phisicall medicine 

 for such as have an hot stomacke, and the in- 

 ward parts inflamed :" he continues, " the flesh 

 or pulpe of the same sliced, and fried in a pan 

 with butter, is also a good and wholesome 

 meate :" but he condemns the method of using 

 it with apples in pies. 



This fruit has lately been raised in the 

 neighbourhood of London to an extraordinary 

 size, weighing nearly two hundred weight* 

 These are sold in the shops of the metropolis, 

 more as a curiosity than for use. I have found 

 them, when boiled in their own moisture, viz* 

 without water, an excellent vegetable with 

 meat, having a taste resembling artichokes : 

 with the addition of the peel and juice of 

 lemons, they make an agreeable pudding. 



Pompions are used by the Jews in the 

 Feast of Tabernacles, when they form a kind 

 of cradles into which they put a great number 

 of pompions. 



In Hughes's Natural History of Barbadoes, 

 he says, " Pumpkins make a great part of 

 the food of the poorer sort, in the summer- 

 time, as well in Asia and Africa as in Ame- 



