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"Salvia" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... articles of diet the acorn was the principal one. It was deprived of its bitter taste by grinding, running through sieves made of interwoven grasses, and frequent washings. Another one was Chia, the seeds of Salvia Columbariae, which in appearance are somewhat similar to birdseed. They were roasted, ground, and used as a food by being mixed with water. Thus prepared, it soon develops into a mucilaginous mass, larger than its original bulk. Its taste is somewhat like that ...
— The Old Franciscan Missions Of California • George Wharton James |
Words linked to "Salvia" : cancerweed, herbaceous plant, blue sage, chaparral sage, herb, clary, meadow clary, mealy sage, purple sage, cancer weed, wild clary, clary sage, vervain sage, Mexican mint, ramona, wild sage, common sage, pitcher sage |
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