"No amylaceous substance," says Dr. Christison, "is so much relished by infants about the time of weaning; and in them it is less apt to become sour during digestion than any other farinaceous food, even arrowroot not excepted."
"The Book of Household Management"
Mrs. Isabella Beeton
The tubercles of such as produce them, are amylaceous and nutritive, as in those of the potato.
"The Book of Household Management"
Mrs. Isabella Beeton