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- Title:
- Courtly Food
- Description:
- The Armada’s officials were allowed by Borneo’s Rajah Siripada to load water, fresh food and firewood. They presented gifts during an audience at court. When done they were served refreshments that included clove and cinnamon. The spices were known by Filipino ancestors but not noticed in their cuisine by Pigafetta. The Armada officials proceeded to the house of Siripada’s governor where they ate a full meal. Nine men arrived, each carrying a large wooden tray from the king. Each tray had 10-12 porcelain dishes filled with veal, capon, chicken, peacock, fish and other animal meat. All in all there were 30-32 different kinds of meat in addition to fish. Rice and sweet foods were included along with gold spoons like those in Europe for the guests’ use. Distilled wine was drank in porcelain cups the size of an egg. Pigafetta recorded nothing as elaborate at any of the courts in Philippine waters. ctto Vintage postal image of a peacock. Public Domain Pictures.
- Subjects:
- Armada de Maluco Rajah Siripada
- Exhibition:
- Magellan Menu
- Source:
- Vintage postal image of a peacock.
- Type:
- Image;Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Courtly Food", Philippine Food History, Felice P. Sta. Maria
- Reference Link:
- felicepstamaria.net/items/coll010.html
Rights
- Rights:
- public domain
- Standardized Rights:
- https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/