bouza

In the ruined dwellings, Negro pilgrims take up their temporary abode; some of these are settled in Mekka, and their wives prepare the intoxicating liquor made from durra, and called bouza, of which the meaner inhabitants are very fond.

Travels in Arabia 2003

Some manufacture small baskets and mats of date-leaves, or prepare the intoxicating drink called bouza; and others serve as water-carriers: in short, when any occasion requires manual labour, a Tekroury from the market is always employed.

Travels in Arabia 2003

Some manufacture small baskets and mats of date-leaves, or prepare the intoxicating drink called bouza; and others serve as water-carriers: in short, when any occasion requires manual

Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred John Lewis Burckhardt 1800

In the ruined dwellings, Negro pilgrims take up their temporary abode; some of these are settled in Mekka, and their wives prepare the intoxicating liquor made from durra, and called bouza, of which the meaner inhabitants are very fond.

Travels in Arabia; comprehending an account of those territories in Hedjaz which the Mohammedans regard as sacred John Lewis Burckhardt 1800

Turks, the people of these countries spit at every whiff; and they say that he who does not, will never be a hardy bouza drinker.

Travels in Nubia 2004

The less wealthy inhabitants cannot purchase so dear a commodity; but they use a fermented liquor made from raisins, and imported from Tayf, while the lower classes drink bouza.

Travels in Arabia 2003

It would have resembled a thin porridge more than what most modern consumers would recognize as beer, but some in Egypt would recognize the ancient brew as something essentially the same as a modern folk brew called bouza.

Interactive Dig Hierakonpolis - Hierakonpolis 2007 - Field Note 1 2002

A bouza-like beer is more nutritious than bread made from an equal quantity of grain.

Interactive Dig Hierakonpolis - Hierakonpolis 2007 - Field Note 1 2002

Sprouted grain, or malt, is soaked in water which may be inoculated with a former batch of bouza to provide yeasts.

Interactive Dig Hierakonpolis - Hierakonpolis 2007 - Field Note 1 2002

The bouza-making process has been observed by ethnographers, and the descriptions match fairly closely a sequence of steps suggested by numerous depictions on ancient tombs and in Middle Kingdom tomb models.

Interactive Dig Hierakonpolis - Hierakonpolis 2007 - Field Note 1 2002