The food of the Gods - A Popular Account of Cocoa

by Brandon Head

 

East Indian Coolies on a Trinidad Cocoa Estate

 

 

 

 

THE FOOD


OF THE GODS

 

 

(θεω βρῷμα)

 

 

A POPULAR ACCOUNT
OF COCOA

 

 

 

 

BY

BRANDON HEAD

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LONDON: R. BRIMLEY JOHNSON

4, ADAM STREET, ADELPHI, W. C. 1903

 

 

 

 

 

"THE FOOD OF THE GODS."

 

 

 

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
"TO 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
A 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	"⁠	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
BOURNVILLE: ALMSHOUSES	to face	67
SECTION OF A COCOA FACTORY (COLOURED)	"⁠	69
AMERICAN INDIAN WITH CHOCOLATE POT		71
NATIVE AMERICANS PREPARING COCOA	to face	72
A CACAO PLANTATION		75
GRENADA: CACAO DRYING ON TRAYS	to face	77
MEXICAN DRINKING-VESSELS AND WHISK		78
CACAO TREE, TRINIDAD	to face	80
MEXICAN COCOA WHISK		83
WHITE'S COCOA HOUSE	to face	87
CHART OF COCOA PRODUCING COUNTRIES (COLOURED)	to face	91
SACKS OF CACAO BEANS	"⁠	91
MARACAS VALLEY, TRINIDAD	"⁠	92
MAP OF TRINIDAD (COLOURED)	"⁠	95
⁠"⁠GRENADA, BRITISH WEST INDIES		96
CACAO ESTATE, GRENADA	to face	96
MAP OF PRINCIPE		97
⁠"⁠S. THOMÉ		98
CEYLON: CARTING CACAO TO RAIL	to face	99
MAP OF CEYLON		99
⁠"⁠SAMOA		100
SAMOA, CLEARING FOR CACAO	to face	100
MEXICAN GRINDING-STONE		104