52 BULLETIN 123, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



FLAVORING EXTRACTS. 



Vanilla is perhaps the most popular flavoring extract used in home 

 cooking. Almond and lemon extracts, too, are common. These three 

 and rose and orange, when true to name, are made directly from the 

 natural products. There are some kinds of flavoring extracts, how- 

 ever, which apparently are made from the fruits, but really are made 

 synthetically. Since true vanilla is the most expensive flavoring 

 material, it is wise to reduce its use where economy must be practiced 

 and to substitute other flavors and spices in small amounts. They are 

 often used too freely and the result is unpalatable. 



Condimental foods are especially liable to adulteration and so- 

 phistication. There are usually several grades of the ptire article, 

 and the housekeeper should try to learn the differences between them. 



BEVERAGES. 



Tea has been used as a beverage from remote ages by the Chinese, 

 and is probably in more general use than any other hot beverage. 

 Leaves of many other plants have been substituted for tea — Labrador 

 tea or pennyroyal, for instance, in the United States — particularly 

 in times of scarcity. The mate or Paraguay tea is a common beverage 

 of South America, made from the leaves of a species of holly. 



Coffee has been known in Arabia and Persia from ancient times. 

 Its introduction into England was accomplished with difficulty. The 

 United States consumes about half of the world's supply. The 

 amount used is not far from 1 pound per person a month. 



CEREAL COFFEE. 



Parched cereals are commonly used for making a hot beverage. 

 Many sorts are on the market, and home parched grains for this 

 purpose are easily prepared. 



CHOCOLATE AND COCOA. 



Chocolate and cocoa may be classed with other beverages, though 

 they are foods in themselves, and, as usually served, are combined 

 with a larger proportion of milk and sugar than are tea and coffee. 

 These are products of an American plant apparently introduced into 

 the Old World shortly after the discovery of this country. 



FOODSTUFFS WHICH HAVE CONDIMENTAL USES. 



Sugar and olive oil, peanut oil, cottonseed oil. and other vegetable 

 oils have condimental uses, but should not be thought of simply as 

 food accessories, since they are valuable foods and have a high energy 



