cunariche

Updated: January 10, 2026

From this flour the chiga bread is prepared, which is so common at Cunariche, and on the banks of the Lower Orinoco. The hardened paste takes the form of small cakes. When it is to be used, it is reduced to a fine powder, and placed on a dish five or six inches wide.

Alexander von Humboldt - Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2