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  • The best carna seca chimichangas were at a place on 6th Ave. I was introduced to them by a Tucson native, that knew Linda Ronstadt from childhood.

    Firedoglake » The Insider 2006

  • The left contains carna nuts, the right small honeyed rolls.

    Fall of Angels Modesitt, L. E. 1996

  • "Such temptation," snorts Dorrin as he picks up the cake, sniffing the aroma of fresh-baked pastry and warm honey and carna nuts.

    The Magic Engineer Modesitt, L. E. 1994

  • Later he could not smell the powerful spice of carna - dons or the sweet scent of lilac without connecting it with the odor of blood.

    Briar Rose Yolen, Jane 1991

  • The slaves had beans, carna secca, and manioc flour.

    A Woman's Journey Round the World Ida Pfeiffer 1827

  • All through Brazil, carna secca is one of the principal articles of food, both for whites and blacks.

    A Woman's Journey Round the World Ida Pfeiffer 1827

  • All work ceases at sunset, when the negroes are drawn up in front of their master's house for the purpose of being counted, and then, after a short prayer, have their supper, consisting of boiled beans, bacon, carna secca, and manioc flour, handed out to them.

    A Woman's Journey Round the World Ida Pfeiffer 1827

  • All the dishes, consisting of cold roast beef, black beans with boiled carna secca, {42} potatoes, rice, manioc flour, and boiled manioc roots, were placed upon the table at the same time, and every one helped himself as he pleased.

    A Woman's Journey Round the World Ida Pfeiffer 1827

  • "Like rice, maybe a $15 gone on (on it), but you have to smart as a downtown yute, sometime yuh by a carna shop but when the weekend come, yuh guh a wholesale and yuh get it a little bit cheaper."

    unknown title 2009

  • "Like rice, maybe a $15 gone on (on it), but you have to smart as a downtown yute, sometime yuh by a carna shop but when the weekend come, yuh guh a wholesale and yuh get it a little bit cheaper."

    unknown title 2009

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