Food Journal, Том 2

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J.M. Johnson., 1872

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Сторінка 232 - And portance in my travel's history, Wherein of antres vast and deserts idle, Rough quarries, rocks, and hills whose heads touch heaven. It was my hint to speak, such was the process ; And of the Cannibals that each other eat, The Anthropophagi, and men whose heads Do grow beneath their shoulders.
Сторінка 233 - Presently we passed a woman who solved all doubt. She bore with her a piece of the thigh of a human body, just as we should go to market and carry thence a roast or steak.
Сторінка 234 - Eating the bodies of persons who have died of sickness is a form of cannibalism of which I had never heard among any people, so that I determined to inquire if it were indeed a general custom among the Fans, or merely an exceptional freak. They spoke without embarrassment about the whole matter, and I was informed that they constantly buy the dead of the Osheba tribe, who, in return, buy theirs. They also buy the dead of other families in their own tribes, and, besides this, get the bodies of a great...
Сторінка 159 - The term, general good, may be defined as the rearing of the greatest number of individuals in full vigour and health, with all their faculties perfect, under the conditions to which they are subjected.
Сторінка 47 - It also has the merit of simplicity, being made of the yolks of hen's c?gS1 which are first boiled hard and the yolks removed, cooked and placed over the fire. Here they are carefully stirred until the whole substance is on the point of catching fire, when the oil separates and may be poured off.
Сторінка 198 - Not only is the public health thus exposed to danger and pecuniary fraud committed on the whole community, but the public morality is tainted and the high commercial character of the country seriously lowered, both at home and in the eyes of foreign countries.* More damaging than the initial revelations was the resistance of tradesmen to the reform of proved abuses.
Сторінка 80 - ... for the same : but whether he be horseman or footman if his chamber be once appointed he may carry the key with him, as of his own house, so long as he lodgeth there.
Сторінка 272 - In the hands of an expert cook, alimentary substances are made almost entirely to change their nature, their form, consistence, odour, savour, chemical composition, &c.; everything is so modified that it is often impossible for the most exquisite sense of taste to recognise the substance which makes up the basis of certain dishes. The greatest utility of the kitchen consists in making the food agreeable to the senses, and rendering it easy of digestion.
Сторінка 128 - Its effect on the system is that of a topical astringent on the surface of the alimentary canal, producing constipation and deranging the process of absorption. But its action in neutralizing the efficacy of the digestive solvents is by far the most important and unquestionable. The very purpose for which it is used by the baker is the prevention of those early stages of solution which spoil the color and lightness of the bread whilst it is being prepared, and which it does most effectually ; but...
Сторінка 484 - III., c. 58, that no brewer or dealer in beer shall have in his possession or use grains of Paradise, under a penalty of £200 for each offence ; and no Druggist shall sell it to a brewer, under a penalty of £500 for each offence.

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