Grocers’ Goods: A Family Guide

About this eBook

Author

Goddard, Frederick B. (Frederick Bartlett), 1834-

Title

Grocers' Goods A Family Guide to the Purchase of Flour, Sugar, Tea, Coffee, Spices, Canned Goods, Cigars, Wines, and All Other Articles Usually Found in American Grocery Stores

Credits

Produced by WebRover, Lisa Anne Hatfield, Chris Curnow and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

TX: Technology: Home economics

Subject

Groceries

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 50759

Release Date

December 24, 2015

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.Index List of Grocers’ Goods. — GROCERS’ GOODS. — THE MODERN GROCER. — Food Never Before so Low. — Food Adulteration. — Adulteration Laws. — Less Adulteration than Commonly Supposed. — Hints to Housekeepers. — The Daily Food of a Model Man. — Variety in Food. — Beef and Bread — Milk. — THE CEREALS. — WHEAT. — Wheaten Flour. — Points for Purchasers of Flour. — Corn or Maize. — Rye Flour. — Barley. — Oatmeal. — Buckwheat. — Rice. — Farinaceous Foods. — Bread. — Feed for Stock. — Bread Raising Materials. — Biscuits, Crackers, etc. — SUGAR AND THE SWEETS. — Sugar Candies. — Making Candy, etc. — FAMILY BEVERAGES. — TEA. — Effects of Tea. — Black and Green Teas. — Analysis of Tea by Dr. Hassall. — Tea Made to Order. — Gunpowder, Hyson, and Imperial. — Varieties of Tea. — Japan Teas. — Blended Teas. — COFFEE. — Coffee Better than Alcohol. — Coffee Growth and Production. — Coffee and Tea Compared. — Modes of Making Coffee. — Coffee Substitutes and Adulterations. — Chicory or Wild Endive. — Tests for Adulterations. — Cocoa and Chocolate. — DAIRY PRODUCTS. — Milk, Etc. — Butter. — Classification of Butter. — Artificial Butter. — Oleomargarine Laws. — Cheese. — Cheese as a Staple Food. — Analysis of Full and Skim Milk Cheese. — Good and Poor Cheese. — Facts About Cheese. — Classification of Cheese. — Imported Cheese. — Eggs. — Lard. — Fresh Meats and Poultry. — Smoked and Dried Meats and Fish. — Salt or Pickled Fish. — Meat Essences and Extracts. — CANNED GOODS. — Excellence of American Canned Goods. — Varieties of Canned Goods. — Canned Meats. — Canned Soups and Broths. — Fish. — Canned Vegetables. — Canned Fruits. — Canned Sundries. — Jellies, Preserves, etc. — Flavoring Extracts and Essences. — Spices and Condiments. — Salt. — Vinegar. — Pickles. — Sauces. — DOMESTIC FRUITS AND BERRIES. — Tropical Fruits. — FRESH VEGETABLES. — Where Early Vegetables Come From. — The Varieties. — DRIED FRUITS. — Raisins. — NUTS. — TOBACCO. — Chewing Tobacco — Smoking Tobacco. — Cigars. — Why a Cigar Should Burn Well. — Quality of Cigars. — SOAP. — The Most Economical Soap. — Effects of Strong Soap on Fabrics. — What Soaps Are Made Of. — A Wide Range of Choice. — STARCH. — Blueing (Laundry). — Candles. — Grocers’ Sundries. — WINES AND LIQUORS. — WINES. — Composition of Wines. — Alcohol and Acids in Wine. — WINES OF THE WORLD. — France. — The Wines of Germany. — Wines of Hungary, Italy, Spain, etc. — American Wines. — Champagne. — Good and Poor Champagne. — MALT LIQUORS. — ALCOHOL IN BEERS. — Beer Adulterations. — DISTILLED LIQUORS. — Alcohol in Liquors. — Favorite Brands. — Transcriber’s Notes

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