Tuna (1866?); Gerritsen Collection Online

[James A. Landau]

In a message dated 11/3/02 1:19:50 AM Eastern Standard Time, Bapopik at AOL.COM
writes:

> TUNA
>
>     Andy Smith asked about "tuna" and if I could beat 1881.

from the making of America database

Resources of the Pacific slope : a statistical and descriptive summary of the
mines and minerals, climate, topography, agriculture, commerce ... of the
states and territories west of the Rocky Mountains / by J. Ross Browne ; with
a sketch of the settlement and exploration of Lower California / [by A.S.
Taylor].
Browne, J. Ross (John Ross), 1821-1875.
678, 200 p. ; 24 cm.
New York :
D. Appleton,
1869.

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page A165

"The fruit of the tarajo is similar to the tuna (prickly pear)..."


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"The tuna, or gigantic fruit-bearing cactus..."




>     I've been reading books on Mediterranean travels since coming back from
> Malta.  See A VOYAGE TO CADIZ AND GIBRALTAR, UP THE MEDITERRANEAN TO SICILY
> AND MALTA IN 1810 & 1811 (London: F. Harding, 1815) by Lt. Gen. Cockburn,
in
> two volumes.  Volume Two, pages 292-295, has a chapter called "The Tunny
> Factory."
>     The NORTH AMERICAN WOMEN'S LETTERS AND DIARIES database has:
>
>  "Why we had some very nice Aku (tuna), it tasted so good,--we all enjoyed
it
> going to bed that night really _maona_ (stuffed)."
>  Letter from Kaleleonalani, Queen of the Hawaiian Islands, February 14, 1866
>  In THE VICTORIAN VISITORS: AN ACCOUNT OF THE HAWAIIAN KINGDOM 1861-1866 (
> Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1958), pg. 351.
>
>     I have to check the original.  That "(tuna)" could have been added much
> later by the editors, but "Aku" is still useful.
>     The NEW YORK TIMES had lots of "tuna" hits before 1881.  To reduce it,
I
> added "fish."  Still, I didn't find a pre-1881 "tuna."  I got the same bad "
> matches" that I got on "jazz" and "dude."  Fred Shapiro can re-check if I
> missed a good hit...I think the "tuna" matches were really "tons."
>
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>  GERRITSEN COLLECTION ONLINE
>
>     What we have here is a fine collection with a bad search engine.
>     THE COOK is here.  So is MISS BEECHER'S DOMESTIC RECEIPT BOOK (1846)
and
> THE CAROLINA HOUSEWIFE (1851).
>     I limited it to the years 1800-1918.  I typed in "jazz."  377 hits!  I
> looked at the "matches."  Not one was "jazz."
>     I limited it to the years 1800-1910.  I typed in "hot dog."  32 hits.
> Most weren't even in English sources.  I don't know why it considered any
of
> these as "hot dog" matches.
>     Bad search engine!  Bad!
>     I'll try it a little more, but I'm going crazy.
>