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PREFACE i
 
CONTENTS 1
 
PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS, CHIEFLY WITH REGARD TO THE CHEMICAL CONSTITUTION AND NUTRITIVE QUALITY OF THE SUBSTANCES OF FOOD DERIVED FROM THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM 7
 
HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE ART OF MAKING BREAD 25
 
BREAD CORN 30
 
THE BREAD-FRUIT 39
 
SAGO BREAD, and SAGO 41
 
CASAVA BREAD, and TAPIOCA 43
 
PLANTAIN BREAD 45
 
BANANA BREAD 46
 
BREAD OF DRIED FISH 47
 
BREAD MADE OF MOSS 49
 
BREAD MADE OF EARTH 50
 
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ANALYSIS OF BREAD FLOUR 52
 
QUANTITY OF FLOUR OBTAINABLE FROM VARIOUS KINDS OF CEREAL AND LEGUMINOUS SEEDS EMPLOYED IN THE FABRICATION OF BREAD, AND DIFFERENT KINDS OF FLOUR MANUFACTURED FROM WHEAT 55
 
REASON WHY OATS, PEASE, BEANS, RICE, MAIZE, MILLET, BUCKWHEAT, AND OTHER NUTRITIVE GRAINS CANNOT BE MADE INTO LIGHT AND POROUS BREAD 58
 
THEORY OF THE PANIFICATION OF BREAD FLOUR 61
 
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UNLEAVENED BREAD 66
 
OATMEAL CAKES 68
 
MIXED OATMEAL AND PEASE BREAD 69
 
UNLEAVENED MAIZE BREAD 70
 
UNLEAVENED BEAN-FLOUR BREAD 71
 
UNLEAVENED BUCKWHEAT BREAD 71
 
UNLEAVENED ACORN BREAD 72
 
SEA BISCUIT 73
 
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LEAVENED BREAD 79
 
LEAVENED RYE BREAD 83
 
HUNGARIAN RYE BREAD 85
 
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BREAD MADE WITH YEAST 88
 
METHOD OF MAKING WHEATEN BREAD, AS PRACTISED BY THE LONDON BAKERS 93
 
QUANTITY OF BREAD OBTAINABLE FROM A GIVEN QUANTITY OF WHEATEN FLOUR 97
 
HOME-MADE WHEATEN BREAD 100
 
TO MAKE PAN-BREAD 102
 
BROWN WHEATEN BREAD 103
 
MIXED WHEATEN BREAD 104
 
ROLLS 105
 
FRENCH BREAD 105
 
MUFFINS AND CRUMPETS 105
 
BARLEY BREAD 109
 
MIXED BARLEY BREAD 111
 
RYE BREAD 112
 
TURNIP BREAD 114
 
RICE BREAD 116
 
POTATOE BREAD 121
 
POTATOE ROLLS 124
 
APPLE BREAD 125
 
DOMESTIC OVEN FOR BAKING BREAD 126
 
POPULAR ERRORS CONCERNING THE QUALITY OF BREAD 133
 
LAWS PROHIBITING THE ADULTERATION OF BREAD AND BREAD FLOUR 149
 
ECONOMICAL APPLICATION OF YEAST 162
 
ECONOMICAL PREPARATION OF YEAST 165
 
ECONOMICAL METHOD OF MAKING YEAST, RECOMMENDED BY DR. LETTSOM 165
 
POTATOE YEAST 166
 
METHOD OF PRESERVING YEAST 167

A
TREATISE
ON THE ART OF MAKING
Good and Wholesome Bread.