OUSTING THE HEN.
Food adulteration is becoming a fine art in Paris. It was shown at a recent lecture before the Academy of Science bow white grapes may be turned red without affecting the qualities of the grape in any way. t "Blood" oranges are also manufactured from the ordinary variety by the injection of an aniline dye contained in a solution of saccharine. |J a The announcement is now made that articfiial eggs are being produced and sold. The eggs are of the "hard-boiled" variety, and are manufactured in the most ingenious manner. The yolk is formed of a paste containing cornflour, starch, and other ingredients. This mixture is rolled to the proper shape and hardened, then encased in albumen. The albumen is then placed in an egg-shaped envelope of gelatine, which, in turn/ is placed in a shell made of plaster of Paris 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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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3021, 19 October 1908, Page 3
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166OUSTING THE HEN. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3021, 19 October 1908, Page 3
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