SC - gazpacho and Rome

[ana l. valdes]

Your translation was quite good, Nana! The last part is " and other
ingredients, according to each ones taste".
Very anarchistic, I love it!
According to each ones taste, it means, some love it with tomatoes,
other with cucumber, other with chilipepper...the limit seems only to be
each imagination.
Ana

Nanna Rognvaldardottir skrev:
> 
> I went and looked up gazpacho in the early 18th century Spanish dictionary
> that is available online and this is part of the entry:
> 
> "Cierro genero de sopa ó menestra, que se hace regularmente con pan hecho
> pedacitos, azéite, vinagre, ajos y orros ingredientes, conforme al guito de
> cada uno."
> 
> Now 18th century Spanish is not my strong point but my first attempt at
> translating would go something like: "A type of soup made of vegetables
> chopped up evenly, with bread torn in pieces, oil, vinegar, garlic and
> other(?) ingredients ..." (don´t know about the last bit). You Spanish
> speakers out there, can you translate this, please?
> 
> Anyway, tomatoes are not mentioned here, though they may be a part of the
> vegetables (if I have got that part right). Or does "menestra" not
> neccessarily mean vegetables? Is that just a descriptive word and the bread,
> oil, vinegar, garlic etc. is the whole recipe? Comments?
> 
> Nanna
> 
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