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- Title:
- The 6-Hour Meal
- Description:
- Magellan had Pigafetta bring gifts to the King of Cebu on Tuesday, April 9, 1521. The King shared his fare that was not dinner: turtle eggs served on two porcelain dishes accompanied by four jars full of palm wine covered with sweet-smelling herbs. Each jar had four small reed straws from which he drank. Pigafetta wrote that his co-crew were always invited by the Cebuanos to eat and drink with them, whether day or night. “Their viands are half cooked and very salty. They drink frequently and copiously from the jars through those small reeds,” Pigafetta wrote. He added, “and one meal lasts for five to six hours.” The straws were eco-friendly and could be among the alternatives to plastic straws that started overtaking paper and glass straws in the 1960s. Some historians refer to the 20th century as the Plastic Age.
- Subjects:
- Straw King of Cebu Cebu Jar
- Exhibition:
- Magellan Menu
- Type:
- Image;Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "The 6-Hour Meal", Philippine Food History, Felice P. Sta. Maria
- Reference Link:
- felicepstamaria.net/items/coll020.html