# The food of the Gods - A Popular Account of Cocoa

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
Table of Contents
"THE FOOD OF THE GODS."
CONTENTS :
| chapter | 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 |
Maps and illustrations
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 |
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