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" I have seen at Medina and Tayf locust shops, where these animals were sold by measure. In Egypt and Nubia they are only eaten by the poorest beggars." " The Arabs, in preparing locusts as an article of food, throw them alive into boiling water with which... "
History of Arabia, Ancient and Modern:: Containing a Description of the ... - Page 459
by Andrew Crichton - 1833 - 464 pages
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Walter in Samaria

Daniel Clarke Eddy - Palestine - 1863 - 248 pages
...are only eaten by the poorest beggars. The Arabs, in preparing locusts as an article of food, throw them alive into boiling water with which a good deal of salt Ijas been mixed. After a few minutes they are taken out and dried in the sun ; the head, feet, and...
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The Life of Jesus, According to His Original Biographers

James Roberts Gilmore - Bible - 1867 - 290 pages
...and Nubia they are eaten by only the poorest beggars." uThe Arabs in preparing them as food, throw them alive into boiling water with which a good deal of salt is mixed. After a few minutes they are taken out, and dried in the sun ; the head, feet and wings are...
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The History of Arabia: Ancient and Modern ..., Volume 1

Andrew Crichton - Arabian Peninsula - 1868 - 428 pages
...except those of Sinai, wherever they reside, are accustomed to eat locusts. In almost every town tnere are shops where they are sold by measure. In preparing...butter, and spread on the unleavened bread used at break fast. The Jewish Arabs believe that the food of which the Israelites ate so abundantly in the...
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The Land and the Book: Or, Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and ...

William McClure Thomson - Bible - 1870 - 784 pages
...only eaten by the poorest beggars." " The Arabs, in preparing locusts as an article of food, throw them alive into boiling water with which a good deal...the bodies are cleansed from the salt and perfectly 1 Ts. clx. 23. ' I'rov. xxx. 27. ' Exod. x. 1-14. ' 2 Cliron. Til. 18. • Matt. ill. 4. PART dried,...
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The Land and the Book, Or Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and ...

William McClure Thomson - 1872 - 774 pages
...only eaten by the poorNrt beggars." " The Arabs, in preparing locusts as an article of food, throw them alive into boiling water with which a good deal of salt has been mixed. AÍU.T a few minutes they are taken out and dried in the sun ; the head, feet, uid wings are then torn...
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A popular commentary on the New Testament, Volume 1

Daniel Denison Whedon - 1874 - 434 pages
...only eaten by the poorest beggars.' ' The Arabs, in preparing locusts as an article of food, throw them alive into boiling water with which a good deal...cleansed from the salt and perfectly dried, after which process whole sacks are filled with them by the Bedouin. They are sometimes eaten boiled in butter,...
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The Life and Words of Christ, Volume 1

Cunningham Geikie - 1877 - 640 pages
...and Nubia they are eaten only by the poorest beggars. The Arabs, in preparing them for eating, throw them alive into boiling water, with which a good deal of salt has been mixed, taking them out after a few minutes, and drying them in the sun. The head, feet, and wings, are then...
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The life & words of Christ, Volume 1; Volume 167

John Cunningham Geikie - 1877 - 628 pages
...eaten only by the poorest beggars. The Arabs, in preparing them for eating, throw them CHAP. xxiv. alive into boiling water, with which a good deal of salt has been mixed, taking them out after a few minutes, and drying them in the sun. The head, feet, and wings, are then...
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The Little gleaner, Volumes 1-2

1879 - 528 pages
...are only eaten by the poorest beggars." The Arabs, in preparing locusts as an article of food, throw them alive into boiling water, with which a good deal...cleansed from the salt and perfectly dried, after which process whole sacks are filled with them by the Bedawin. They are sometimes eaten boiled in butter,...
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The lesson commentary on the International lessons for 1880

bp. John Heyl Vincent - International Sunday school lessons - 1879 - 284 pages
...are only eaten by the poorest beggars. The Arabs, in preparing locusts as an article of food, throw them alive into boiling water with which a good deal...cleansed from the salt and perfectly dried, after which process whole sacks are filled with them by the Bedouins. They are sometimes eaten boiled in butter,...
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