Observations on such nutritive vegetables as may be substituted in the place of ordinary food, in times of scarcity.

  • Parmentier, Antoine Augustin, 1737-1813.
Date:
1783
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Credit: Observations on such nutritive vegetables as may be substituted in the place of ordinary food, in times of scarcity. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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

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    [ 3« ] quantity of water ufed for kneading, it fol- lows that it may alfo be obtained lighter or heavier from Potatoes, by varying the procefs in the fame manner. The quantity of fait may alfo be va- ried : the water ought always to be near the boiling point and we need not fear left it fhould deftroy, as when wheat flour is ufed, the tenacity of the dough, on the contrary, at this temperature, it contributes to increafe it j thus the fame end is often attained by different and even oppoflte means. The time required by the dough to at- tain the proper degree of fermentation cannot be exadtly afcertained, becaufe it is regulated by the feafon : this mu ft be learned from experience : I will only re- mark, that it is always rather longer than that required by wheaten dough. \ Of