ns;
find out a respectable grocer, ascertain his roasting-days, _and
always buy from a fresh roast_. If you like the flavour of chicory,
purchase it separately, and add to taste. Chicory in small quantities
is not injurious, but you need not pay the coffee price for it. Grind
your coffee, and mix it with chicory for yourself.

2753. Milk.

Milk is "adulterated" by skimming off part of the cream, also by the
addition of water.

2754. Mustard.

Mustard is adulterated with flour and turmeric; as, however, mustard
is usually sold in tins it is easy to obtain it pure, as under the
Sale of Foods and Drugs Act, all that is mixed with flour and other
flavourings has to be labelled as such on the outside of the package.
Many prefer this mixture to the pure article.

2755. Pepper.

Pepper is adulterated with inferior grain, husks of seeds, and even
dust of a variety of descriptions. Having your pepper-mill, purchase
the seed whole, and grind for yourself. You will then obtain the pure
article at a moderate cost.

2756. Sausages.

The most offensive of all adulterations are found in these savoury
morsels. Horseflesh, diseased animals, and odds and ends of every
description appear in the tempting guise of "sausages." To escape this
evil, make your own sausages by the aid of the sausage machine, which
will enable you to add many savoury morsels to the attractions of your
table. The same machine may be used for _chopping vegetables_, which
it will do to such perfection that they will perfectly dissolve in
soups and stews, and afford most delicious made-dishes. And in this
you will soon save the cost of the machine.

2757. Tea.

Tea is all examined now by the Customs' authorities before "duty" is
allowed to be paid upon it; it is, therefore, practically pure. This
was only done about a year ago.

2758. Water.

This perhaps is more often adulterated than any other article of
consumption. As a rule the water supplied by the companies to the
large towns is exceedingly pure, that supplied by the London companies
being analysed every month by a government official; but the
adulteration chiefly rests with the consumer or householder, in not
keeping the cisterns clean, dust, soot, and even dead mice,
cockroaches, &c., being allowed to contaminate the water; also by
permitting the overflow pipe to be connected with the soil pipe, or
drain,