botija

Machan when it comes from España five, six, or eight pesos per botija, counting eight reals to the peso.

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On the birth of a child it is customary to bury a _botija_ full of chicha, which, on the marriage of the same child, is opened and drunk.

Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests Johann Jakob von Tschudi 1853

The large _botija_ when filled weighs six or seven arobas.

Travels in Peru, on the Coast, in the Sierra, Across the Cordilleras and the Andes, into the Primeval Forests Johann Jakob von Tschudi 1853

Now as two hundred eggs yield oil enough to fill a bottle (limeta), it requires five thousand eggs for a jar or botija of oil.

Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America 1851

The profit of the traders in oil amounts to seventy or eighty per cent; for the Indians sell it them at the price of a piastre a jar or botija, and the expense of carriage is not more than two-fifths of a piastre per jar.

Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America 1851

Or forage through the many flavors in the pulpo escabeche - plump and meaty Portuguese octopus, poached in red wine; marinated in roasted tomato, garlic and chili; seared with paprika, garlic, butter and wine; served over an aioli of black botija olives and mashed potatoes; and topped with peppers, capers and sherry vinegar.

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Now as two hundred eggs yield oil enough to fill a bottle (limeta), it requires five thousand eggs for a jar or botija of oil.

Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814

The profit of the traders in oil amounts to seventy or eighty per cent; for the Indians sell it them at the price of a piastre a jar or botija, and the expense of carriage is not more than two-fifths of a piastre per jar.

Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814