A Book of Mediterranean Food

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pleasing mixture, serving it cold. At
home, a dog of any breeding would
refuse to sully its nose with such a
compromising mixture. It is the
favourite dish of the Andalusians,
and the prettiest women do not
shrink from swallowing bowlfuls of
this hell-broth of an evening.
Gaspacho is considered highly
refreshing, an opinion which
strikes me as rather rash, but,
strange as it may seem the first
time one tastes it, one ends by
getting used to it and even liking
it. As a most providential
compensation we had a decanter of
an excellent dry white Malaga

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