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Classification of the Sci
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Je me suis emparé d'une heureuse matière:
Je chante l'Homme à table, et dirai la manière
D'embellir un repas; je dirai le secret
D'augmenter les plaisirs d'un aimable banquet,
D'y fixer l'amitié, de s'y plaire sans cesse,
Et d'y déraisonner dans une douce ivresse.

Of sciences investigating how best to prepare food for immediate eating, we may mention Cookery, Pastry-cooking, Confectionery, Pickling, Bakery, Cheese-making, Churning, and Butter-working, Oleomargarine Manufacture, etc. Of those whose corresponding parts sometimes or always leave something for the cook to do, there are Sausage-making, Flouring, Chocolate-making, Fruit-preserving, Meat-packing, Fish-canning, Milk-condensing, Slaughtering, Vinegar-Making, etc. Sciences relating to beverages are Making table-waters and Brewing. Distilling, etc. are merely general processes accidentally applied to making liquor. Wine-tasting and Blending is a difficult science and un-