The Food of the Gods A Popular Account of Cocoa

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THE FOOD OF THE GODS

[Greek: _Theo Broma_]

A Popular Account of Cocoa

by

BRANDON HEAD

London: R. Brimley Johnson
4, Adam Street, Adelphi, W.C.

1903







[Illustration--Colour Plate: EAST INDIAN COOLIES ON A TRINIDAD
CACAO ESTATE]




CONTENTS.


CHAPTER                                                         PAGE

I.   ITS NATURE                                                    1

II.  ITS GROWTH AND CULTIVATION                                   25

III. ITS MANUFACTURE                                              45

IV.  ITS HISTORY                                                  71

V.   ITS SOURCES AND VARIETIES                                    91

     Appendices:

       ANCIENT MANUFACTURE OF COCOA                              103

       BOURNVILLE WORKS SUGGESTION SCHEME                        106

       THE EARLY COCOA HOUSES                                    109




LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND MAPS.


                                                                PAGE
EAST INDIAN COOLIES OF A TRINIDAD CACAO ESTATE
  (COLOURED)                                      frontispiece

CEYLON, A HILL CACAO ESTATE                             to face    1

"MAKE A CUP OF COCOA IN PERFECTION" (see p. 19)                    1

CACAO TREES, TRINIDAD                                   to face    3

ANCIENT MEXICAN DRINKING CUPS                                      4

"MOLINILLO," OR CHOCOLATE WHISK                                    5

CACAO HARVEST, TRINIDAD                                 to face    7

THE COCO-NUT PALM                                                  8

COCO-DE-MER                                                        9

LEAVES AND FLOWER OF THE CUCA SHRUB                               10

GATHERING CACAO: SANTA CRUZ, TRINIDAD                  to face    11

PURE DECORTICATED COCOA, MAGNIFIED                                12

ADULTERATED COCOA, MAGNIFIED                                      13

HOW THE CACAO GROWS                                    to face    17

CACAO CROP, TRINIDAD                                      "       21

ANALYTICAL APPARATUS                                              20

CACAO PODS (COLOURED)                                  to face    25

CACAO HARVESTING                                                  25

CEYLON, NURSERY OF CACAO SEEDLINGS                     to face    27

SAMOA: CACAO IN ITS FOURTH YEAR                           "       29

YOUNG CACAO CULTIVATION WITH CATCH CROP                   "       30

PODS OF CACAO THEOBROMA                                           31

VARIETIES OF THE CACAO                                 to face    32

THE HOME OF THE CACAO                                     "       35

ORTINOLA, MARACAS, TRINIDAD                               "       36

GOULET AND WOODEN SPOON                                           37

CUTLASSES                                                         37

CACAO DRYING IN THE SUN                                to face    39

LABOURERS' COTTAGE, CACAO ESTATE                          "       40

BASKETS OF CACAO ON PLANTAIN LEAVES                               41

CACAO TREE AND SEEDLING (COLOURED)                     to face    43

BOURNVILLE: "THE FACTORY IN A GARDEN"                     "       45

    "       "ON ARRIVAL AT THE FACTORY"                           45

    "       OFFICE BUILDINGS                           to face    47

    "       CRICKET PAVILION                              "       49

    "       GIRLS' DINING-HALL                            "       51

    "       BOOT-SHELF ON STOOL                                   53

    "       THE DINNER HOUR                            to face    54

    "       LABURNAM ROAD                                 "       58

    "       PACKING-ROOM                                  "       60

    "       SUGGESTION BOX                                        62

    "       LINDEN ROAD                                to face    63

    "       FISHING POOL                                  "       64

    "       ALMSHOUSES                                    "       67

SECTION OF A COCOA FACTORY (COLOURED)                     "       69

AMERICAN INDIAN WITH CHOCOLATE POT                                71

NATIVE AMERICANS PREPARING COCOA                       to face    72

A CACAO PLANTATION