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Spices and How to Know Them

Spices and How to Know Them

by Walter M. Gibbs

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Author
Gibbs, Walter M., 1854-
Credits
Produced by Barry Abrahamsen 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
SB: Agriculture: Plant culture
Subject
Spices
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 55897
Release Date
November 7, 2017
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.SPICES AND HOW TO KNOW THEM
  2. 2.CONTENTS
  3. 3.INTRODUCTION
  4. 4.CHAPTER I EARLY HISTORY OF SPICES
  5. 5.CHAPTER II ADULTERATION OF SPICES
  6. 6.CHAPTER III HOW TO DETECT ADULTERATIONS IN SPICES—THEIR FORMATION AND ANALYSIS — POTATO STARCH — MARANTA STARCH — CIRCUMA — LEGUMINOUS STARCHES — NUTMEG STARCH — CAPSICUM STARCH — PEPPER STARCH — CINNAMON STARCH — BUCKWHEAT STARCH — MAIZE OR CORN STARCH — RICE STARCH — WHEAT STARCH — BARLEY STARCH — RYE STARCH — OAT STARCH — REAGENTS AND APPARATUS — THE DETERMINATION
  7. 7.CHAPTER IV BLACK PEPPER
  8. 8.CHAPTER V WHITE PEPPER
  9. 9.CHAPTER VI LONG PEPPER
  10. 10.CHAPTER VII CAPSICUM, OR CAYENNE
  11. 11.CHAPTER VIII PIMENTO, OR ALLSPICE
  12. 12.CHAPTER IX CINNAMON AND CASSIA — CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF CASSIA AND CINNAMON
  13. 13.CHAPTER X CLOVES
  14. 14.CHAPTER XI GINGER
  15. 15.CHAPTER XII NUTMEGS
  16. 16.CHAPTER XIII MACE — THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF MACE
  17. 17.CHAPTER XIV MUSTARD — WET MUSTARD OR FRENCH MUSTARD,
  18. 18.CHAPTER XV HERBS — SAGE — MARJORAM — PARSLEY — SAVORY — THYME — SEED — CARAWAY — CORIANDER — CARDAMOM

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