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. The new hydropathic cook-book : with recipes for cooking on hygienic principles : containing also a philosophical exposition of the relations of food to health : the chemical elements and proximate constitution of alimentary principles : the nutritive properties of all kinds of aliments : the relative value of vegetable and animal substances : the selection and preservation of dietetic materials, etc., and vegetables. It contains moreacid than the orange, and is seldom employed except as amere flavoring ingredient of culinary preparations. The Citron (Citrus medica) is another variety
. The new hydropathic cook-book : with recipes for cooking on hygienic principles : containing also a philosophical exposition of the relations of food to health : the chemical elements and proximate constitution of alimentary principles : the nutritive properties of all kinds of aliments : the relative value of vegetable and animal substances : the selection and preservation of dietetic materials, etc., and vegetables. It contains moreacid than the orange, and is seldom employed except as amere flavoring ingredient of culinary preparations. The Citron (Citrus medica) is another variety of the sametribe of plants. The fruit is seldom used except for makingacidulous drink ; the rind is often candied with sugar for asweetmeat. The Shaddock (Citrus decumana) (fig. 59) belongs also the orange family. In China, where it is indigenous, it is said to be a sweet andagreeable fruit; but in other countries,« lure its cultivation has been neglected, ithas become souredand degenerated. The Lime (Cit-rus aci(ht) is an-other variety of the f**^same genus. The THE SnADDOCK. flllit (fig. GO) is much smaller than the lemon. It isvery acid, and the lime-juice, and mostof the citric acid of commerce, are man-ufactured from it. But as vegetarian stomachs have no demand for strong acids, as mere relishes or seasonings, it must for them be re garded as among the things more curious than Fie. CO.
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