OUSTING THE HEN.
ARTIFICIAL HAIiD-HOILED FCOS FOll PAWS CONSIMEItS. Food adulteration i~ becoming a fine art in Paris. Jt was shown at a recent leelure before the Academy of Science how white grapes may he turned red without all'octing the uua)ities. 6 of the grape in any way. "Wood" oranges are also manufactured from the ordinary variety by the injection of an aniline dye contained in a solution of saccharine. The announcement is now made that artificial eggs are being produced and sold. The egg- are ol the hard-boiled variety and are manufactured in the most ingenious manlier. The yolk is formed of a paste containing corn-Hour, starch, ami other ingredients. This mixture is rolled into the proper shape aud hardened, -then encased in albumen. 'The albumen is then placed in an eggshaped envelope of gelatine, which, In turn, is placed in a sliell made of plaster of Palis mixed with other white chalks and, behold, you have an egg which, outwardly, it is impossible to distinguish from the genuine article.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 255, 21 October 1908, Page 4
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171OUSTING THE HEN. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 255, 21 October 1908, Page 4
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