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 Theft of Fruit and Vegetables in 1942
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By Nathan Abela
In TasteHistory
Posted August 19, 2021

Theft of Fruit and Vegetables in 1942

A cursory look at the data collated from the Second World War Police Occurrences reports for the rural towns of Siggiewi and Zebbug provides interesting insights into the various products [...]

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 Prickly Pears
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By Nathan Abela
In TasteHistory
Posted August 19, 2021

Prickly Pears

Used by the Aztecs and brought to the Mediterranean some four centuries ago from Central and South America, the prickly pear (bajtra tax-xewk) is a large cactus of the genus Opuntia. Each part of [...]

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 Dried Figs
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By Nathan Abela
In TasteHistory
Posted August 19, 2021

Dried Figs

Writing about Malta in the 19th century, Louis de Boisgelin states that ‘figs when dried, furnish with a little barley bread the principal sustenance of the numerous and finely formed [...]

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 The Inquisitor’s Palace: The Dispensa
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By Nathan Abela
In TasteHistory
Posted August 19, 2021

The Inquisitor’s Palace: The Dispensa

With its hooks and lockable box for meat, terracotta jars to store oil, and various tables, the dispensa served as a pantry or larder where to store food supplies. In 1798 the ground floor plans [...]

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 The Inquisitor’s Palace: The Tinello
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By Nathan Abela
In TasteHistory
Posted August 19, 2021

The Inquisitor’s Palace: The Tinello

A 1611 dictionary defines the tinello as a common hall where ordinary servants and waiters attend and dine. As a matter of fact, inventories refer to benches and dining tables, among other [...]

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 Coffee and Chocolate Pots
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By Nathan Abela
In TasteHistory
Posted August 17, 2021

Coffee and Chocolate Pots

In the 1798 inventory of the Inquisitor’s kitchen utensils and equipment, hurriedly drawn up before Napoleon’s invasion of the Maltese Islands, the sorbettiere in the credenza have [...]

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 The Inquisitor’s Palace: The Credenza
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By Nathan Abela
In TasteHistory
Posted August 12, 2021

The Inquisitor’s Palace: The Credenza

The credenza was an integral part of every respected kitchen. It betrays an interesting development from an area where to store utensils to a sideboard, a furniture piece to store dishes. At the [...]

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 The Inquisitor’s Palace – Inventories
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By Nathan Abela
In TasteHistory
Posted August 12, 2021

The Inquisitor’s Palace – Inventories

Although no menus, shopping lists, or food purchases specifically related to the daily needs of the Inquisitor have been unearthed, Food Historians do have five inventories to go by. Compiled [...]

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 Inquisitor’s Palace ‘Cucina’
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By Nathan Abela
In TasteHistory
Posted August 3, 2021

Inquisitor’s Palace ‘Cucina’

The Inquisitor’s Palace ‘Cucina’ was no ordinary kitchen, but a remarkable setup furnished with all sorts of pots, pens, caldrons, tin and copper baking trays, fish-poachers, [...]

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 Inquisitor’s Palace
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By Nathan Abela
In TasteHistory
Posted August 3, 2021

Inquisitor’s Palace

Despite its 500 years of chequered history, the Inquisitor’s Palace is a unique centre of power in early modern Malta, for between 1574 and 1798 it served as residence and tribunal to the [...]

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