It is now easier for a vegetarian to eat sufficient protein because of products such as Quorn, tofu and textured vegetable protein.

“In canning, you go where you want and do what you want,” Gadsden says. “You’re your own boss.”

This bracelet is a gift from my spouse, who I hold near and dear.

Isinglass is brought to market in different forms, sometimes in that of simple plates, at other times rolled up in different shapes, or cut into fine thread. When of good quality isinglass is of a whitish colour, thin, and semi-transparent, but tough and flexible, destitute of taste as well as of smell. The inferior kinds are thicker, yellowish-coloured, opaque, and sometimes have a fishy smell and taste. In boiling water isinglass is entirely dissolved, with the exception of a very minute portion of impurities.