Grocers’ Manual

About this eBook

Author

Anonymous

Title

Grocers' manual : containing recipes, formulas and instructions for the manufacture of baking powders, flavoring extracts, essences, condiments, etc., in their purity, also their imitations and adulterations

Original Publication

Chicago: The Grocers' Manual Publishing Co., 1888.

Credits

Charlene Taylor, A Marshall, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.)

Language

English

LoC Class

TX: Technology: Home economics

Subject

Formulas, recipes, etc.

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 78692

Release Date

May 16, 2026

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.Grocers’ Manual : CONTAINING RECIPES, FORMULAS AND INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF BAKING POWDERS, FLAVORING EXTRACTS, ESSENCES, CONDIMENTS, ETC., IN THEIR PURITY, ALSO THEIR IMITATIONS AND ADULTERATIONS.
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4. 4.PREFACE.
5. 5.CONTENTS.
6. 6.BAKING POWDER. — Phosphate Combination Baking Powder. — Alum Baking Powder. — One Spoon Baking Powder. — Tartaric Acid Baking Powder. — Ammonia Baking Powder. — Pure Cream Tartar Baking Powder. — Combination Acid Baking Powder. — Instructions for Mixing Baking Powder, Starch, Self-raising Flour, Etc. — How To Pack Baking Powder. — Self-raising Wheat Flour. — Self-Raising Buckwheat Flour. — STARCH. — Prepared Laundry Starch. —A recent invention. — Laundry Starch, Powdered. —A cheaper article, and much used. — Starch Lustrine. — Liquid Starch Gloss. — FLAVORING EXTRACTS. Their Manufacture, Etc. — Filtering. — Triple Extract Lemon. — Mercantile Triple Extract Lemon. — Standard Lemon Extract. — Wholesale Grocery Standard Lemon. — Alcohol Substitute. — Triple Orange Extract. — Extract Bitter Almond. — Extract Rose. — Extract of Nutmeg. — Extract Cinnamon. — Extract Cinnamon No. 2. — Extract Sarsaparilla. — Essence Peppermint. — Strong Jamaica Ginger. — Essence Jamaica Ginger. — Extract of Wintergreen. — ARTIFICIAL FLAVORS. ( American Pharmacist. ) — Raspberry. — Strawberry. — Peach. — Cherry. — Apricot. — Plum. — Pineapple. — Melon. — Apple. — Grape. — Pear. — Currant. — Raspberry. — Strawberry. — Peach. — Cherry. — Pineapple. — Pear. — Artificial Honey Flavor. — Vanilla Extract—Triple Strength. — Triple Extract Vanilla. (FROM VANILLIN.) — Standard Vanilla. (SO CALLED.) — To Pack Extracts. — HAIR OIL. — Hair Oil—Aromatic Scent. — LIQUID BLUEING. — INKS. — Black Ink. — Fine Black Ink. — Common Black Ink. — Blue Writing Fluid No. 1. — Blue Writing Fluid No. 2. — Copying Ink. — Finer Writing Fluid. — Purple Ink. — Green Ink. — Red Ink. — Second Hand Bottles. — CASTOR OIL, GLYCERINE, AND SEWING MACHINE OIL. — BIRD SEED No. 1. — Good Bird Seed. — Wholesale Grocery Grade. — OXALIC ACID. — Labeling Cans. — Directions for Labeling. — Paste. — Flour Paste. — OLIVE OIL. — DESICCATED COCOANUT. — To Pack Cocoanut. — AQUA AMMONIA. — HORSERADISH. — CANDY. Degrees of Boiling Sugar. — Cream Candy. — Sugar Candy. — Maple Candy. — Chocolate Caramels. — To Candy Nuts or Fruit. — Cocoanut Candy. — Almond Candy. — Molasses Candy. — Molasses Taffy. — Sugar Taffy. — HONEY. — Artificial No. 1. — Artificial Honey No. 2. — CHEWING GUM. — Paraffine Chewing Gum. — BORAX POWDER. — FINE RED CATSUP. — EAST INDIA CURRY POWDER. — WORCESTERSHIRE SAUCE. — English Formula. — Imitation Worcestershire Sauce. — TO IMPROVE RANCID BUTTER. — To Improve Rancid Butter. No. 2. — To Purify Rancid Butter. — BUTTER COLOR — Butter Color. — PULVERIZED BATH BRICK. — TIN AND METAL POLISH. — PASTE SHOE POLISH. — Without Oil Vitriol—No. 1. — Shoe Blacking. — Shoe Polish. — Liquid Polish—Without Vitriol Oil. — Liquid Polish No. 2. — Ladies’ Shoe Dressing. — Waterproof Blacking. — STOVE POLISH. — Cake Polish. — Paste Polish. — Liquid Polish. — Liquid Polish No. 2. — FURNITURE POLISH. — METAL POLISHING PASTE. — WAX PAPER. — HEKTOGRAPH PAD. — Hektograph Ink. — Hektograph Ink No. 2. — INSECT POWDER. — Persian Insect Powder. — Insect Powder No. 2. — Insect Powder Adulteration. — FLY PAPER. — Sticky Fly Paper. — Sticky Fly Paper No. 2. — Poison Fly Paper. — CANNING FRUIT. — Instructions. — Fresh Fruit. — Berries, Etc. — Cold Process. — Fresh in Jars. — Pears, Etc. — Time to Boil. — Jars. — KITCHEN SOAP. — CROCKERY CEMENT. — Universal Cement. — MUSTARDS. — Common Mustard. — Frankfort Mustard. — English Mustard. — French Mustard. — PICCALILLI. — Spiced Vinegar for. — VINEGAR. — Cider Vinegar. — Cheap Vinegar. — SPICES. — To Clean Spice Mills. — CREAM TARTAR — TO PRESERVE CIDER SWEET. — SODA WATER SYRUPS. — Simple Syrups. — Soda Water Foam. — GROCERS’ DRUGS. — Cough Syrup. AN EXCELLENT ARTICLE. — Florida Water. — Florida Water No. 2. — Arnica Jelly. FOR CHAPPED HANDS AND LIPS. — Artificial Bay Rum. — Hand Grenades. — Hand Grenade No. 2. — Corn Remedy. — Sozodont—Said to be. — Rat Poison. — Wax for Bottle Corks. — JELLIES. — Cherry Marmalade. — Fruit Marmalades. — Quince Jelly. — To Cheapen the Jelly. — To Color Jellies Red. — To Color Jellies Red No. 2. — To Color Jellies Red No. 3. — Hints for Jelly Makers. — YEAST. — Dry Hop Yeast. — Dry Hop Yeast No. 2. — Salad Dressing. — Salad Dressing No. 2. — CHOCOLATE. — Plain Chocolate. — French Chocolate. — Adulteration. — Spanish Aromatic Chocolate. — WHITING.
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