A treatise on the art of baking : with a preliminary introduction, shewing the various productions of the different quarters of the globe -- observations on the present state of agriculture --the farmer and middleman -- strictures on the corn bill, &c. With a number of valuable receipts, original and selected for the baker and domestic circle / by John White.

  • White, John, active 1828.
Date:
1828
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Credit: A treatise on the art of baking : with a preliminary introduction, shewing the various productions of the different quarters of the globe -- observations on the present state of agriculture --the farmer and middleman -- strictures on the corn bill, &c. With a number of valuable receipts, original and selected for the baker and domestic circle / by John White. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The University of Leeds Library. The original may be consulted at The University of Leeds Library.

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    CHAPTER JIL Guinea.—Congo.—Islands of Africa.—Cape of Good Hope,—and China. The scarcity of an article makes it valuable, and if we turn our attention to Guinea, we will find full proof of our assertions. In that country the alimentary plants are in great abundance, the sugar-cane in particular; and so little is this plant thought of, that it is chiefly raised to feed hogs, buffaloes, and elephants. Three different species of holcus are cultivated, and rice in considerable quantities. Maize is also to be found, but is not a native of the place, being brought originally from America. The Portuguese have imported into that country va- rious fruit-trees, such as the orange and the passaw tree, likewise that substitute for bread, the bannana, all of which have multiplied to an astonishing degree, and pro- duce fruit in great abundance and perfection. In the forests, various species of orange-trees are to be found, with the pomegranate, the citron, and the pea-tree. From one species of tree, tallow is collected, and another produces oil, with an inferior kind of butter. But the proper butter, or, as it is called, the shea-tree, is to be found in great abundance, and is in itself a valuable ar- ticle of commerce, forming the chief wealth of the king- dom of Bambook. The baotub-tree produces a large kind of fruit, one of which is sometimes enough for a man to lift from the ground. This fruit is termed monkey’s bread,—and al- though rather coarse in quality, is used by many of the negroes as their principal food. The tamarind and the