FOOD RESOURCE COLLEGE OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SCIENCES, OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY
CADDY
The Wide Encyclopedia of Cookery. An Encyclopedic Handbook for the Homemaker covering Foods and Beverages-their Purchase, Preparation, and Service. 1951. Wm. H. Wise & Co., Inc., New York.
is a small, tightly closed box or chest which is used to hold tea. The word is probably a corruption of the Chinese word CATTY. Old tea, caddies we3re frequently made of fine woods, inlaid with ivory and filigree of various precious metals and often became treasured family heirlooms.