"Indigestibility" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... of the cultivated Fennel (which they call Cartucci) as a salad; and in Germany its seeds are added to bread as a condiment, much as we put caraways in some of our cakes. The leaves are eaten raw with pickled fish to correct its oily indigestibility. Evelyn says the peeled stalks, soft and white, when "dressed like salery," exercise a pleasant action conducive to sleep. Roman bakers put the herb under their loaves in the oven to make the bread ...
— Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure • William Thomas Fernie
... may disagree with the system, by their toughness, indigestibility, or use in a state ...
— Mushrooms of America, Edible and Poisonous • Anonymous |
