Brazil, the Amazons and the coast .. . AN INDIAN VILLAGE. 383 operator finds it more convenient to sit on the end of thepole ; the juice streams out and flows into a pan below.* A small portion of the poison still remains, but it is veryvolatile, and will be removed by the roasting process. Thefiirno on which this is done is a thick earthen pan, six feet indiameter, supported by a circle of abobc wall, with an open-ing on one side, so as to form a fire-place. Francisca has. Roasting Farinha. already kindled a fire of brushwood under the furno. Thelumpy mandioca from the tipiti is broken up on
Brazil, the Amazons and the coast .. . AN INDIAN VILLAGE. 383 operator finds it more convenient to sit on the end of thepole ; the juice streams out and flows into a pan below.* A small portion of the poison still remains, but it is veryvolatile, and will be removed by the roasting process. Thefiirno on which this is done is a thick earthen pan, six feet indiameter, supported by a circle of abobc wall, with an open-ing on one side, so as to form a fire-place. Francisca has. Roasting Farinha. already kindled a fire of brushwood under the furno. Thelumpy mandioca from the tipiti is broken up on the pan. androasted with constant stirring ; gradually the vile odor of thevolatile juice disappears, leaving a fragrance like that ofroasting corn ; as the farinha dries it is spooned out intopots and baskets. The warm grains taste like the parched * The starch which settles from this juice is the tapioca of commerce. Thejuice, boiled or fermented in the sun to extract the poison, and seasoned withred peppers, forms an excellent sauce for fisli, the so-called tuciipi. 384 BRAZIL. sweet corn that we used to prepare in the country. But thefarinha will soon lose this brisk flavor, and become insipid ;ones teeth, too, rebel against the hard grains. It does notappear, however, that the old farinha is positively unwhole-some, and it is eaten by the poorer classes throughout Brazil;often it is stored in baskets for a year. There are many other preparations of mandioca; as
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