A
TREATISE
ON
ADULTERATIONS OF FOOD
,AND CULINARY POISONS.
EXHIBITING
The Fraudulent Sophistications of
BREAD, BEER, WINE, SPIRITOUS LIQUORS, TEA, COFFEE, CREAM, CONFECTIONERY, VINEGAR, MUSTARD, PEPPER, CHEESE, OLIVE OIL, PICKLES,
AND OTHER ARTICLES EMPLOYED IN DOMESTIC ECONOMY.
AND
METHODS OF DETECTING THEM.
I had known about the carving of wooden nutmegs, but much of this was a revelation to me, particularly the dangers of Poisonous Cheese.
2 comments:
I knew of falsifying paprika with powdered brick dust - which is not listed in the treatise.
Odious, after a long delay (...of 4 years...) I finally added your blog on my blogroll.
Tatyana
http://creakypavillion.wordpress.com/2010/05/19/another-blogroll-addition/
I am tremendously flattered, and will try to post more than once a lunar cycle.
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