The Grocers Manual PDF Download

Excerpt from The Grocers' Manual, Containing the Natural History and Process of Manufacture of All Grocers' Goods: Also, Their Adulterations, and How to Detect Them; Rates of Tare, as Allowed by Custom and Law; Tables of Weights, Measures, Moneys, Etc.; The Whole Being Designed as a Guide to Aid in the Purchasing of Goods 1. Coffee. This is adulterated largely With chicory, this latter being itself adulterated With roasted corn, beans, lupine seeds, peas, pulse, horse-chestnuts, spent coffee, and various roots, such as carrots, parsnips, man gel-wurzel, dandelion, etc. It is said that spent tan-bark and dried bullock's liver have been employed for the same. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.