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Not only were the joint owners of the plantation able to supply the neighbouring village with wheatmeal and cheeses, but their export business to the Old World was growing more profitable each season.

The process begins in huge vats, where water is mixed with the coarse- grained durum wheatmeal called semolina that gives Italian pasta its uniquely toothsome texture and flavor.

Every now and then they went to their homes on leave and came back with a few pounds of butter or a bag of wheatmeal, which they sold to us without much difficulty.

Their food consists of a small quantity of black bread, made of unbolted rye or wheatmeal, and a bunch of grapes, or raisins, or some figs.

Chestnut meal is obtainable, and when combined with wheatmeal is useful for making biscuits and breadstuffs.