One should not resort to caramel for the sake of adding colour to a dish, and one should not resort to flavourings for the sake of adding fragrance to a dish. Versio Anglica: Yuan Mei, Suiyuan shidan, 1796 (Sean J. S. Chen, ed. et interpr., Recipes from the Garden of Contentment [Great Barrington Massachusettensium: Berkshire Publishing, 2018] (p. 27 apud Google Books)).