Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1880-11-11
THE WORLDS FOOD.
An International Food Exhibition at
London.

| Inc AGRICULTURAL Hall, London, is IL
present the scene of an exhibition of al
entirely novel character, to which the
wide but not too comprehensive name
of international food exhibition has beer
given by its promoter, Mr.. John Black
1t is display of the multitudinous food
products of Europe, America and Aus
tralia, and has been designed mainly
with a view of bringing under the notice
of the English public many varieties OF
preserved meat, fish. vegetables and
fruit. together with the best methods OF
preparing them for the table. In addi.
tion to this there is large collection oil
culinary and domestic apparatus of the
most approved and ingenious kinds
There are altogether 300 exhibitors
whose stalls fill the whole body of the
hall. and as these are not only interest.
ing in themselves but are arranged fol
the most part, with much taste, a s1rik-
ing and picturesque effect is obtained
In timed products the London Times
says that America naturally takes the
lead. The exhibition teens with her pre-
served meats, fish, fruits and vegetables
Australia is poorly represented, having
nothing to show but familiar beef and
mutton tins, but this unfortunate cir
cumStance is accounted for by the fact
that this exhibition was thought of only
few months ago, and that Australian
producers consequently have had no
time to put in an appearance. England
excels in the mechanical department
which forms, perhaps, the most interest
ing and instructive part of the exhibit
tion.. The continental Exhibits" for
the same reasons as the Australian ones,
are poor. They are only thirty in num-
Der. and consist chiefly of wines. sar-
dimes and preserved fruits. In walking
through the exhibition one is struck by
the infinity of uses to which gas is ap-
piled. 1t acts as the motive power in
most of the machines, and it seems en-
tirely to have superseded coal in the
more complicated cooking stoves and
ranges. One remarkable apparatus is
the Grown" heater. BY turning a tap
of cold water into comparatively small
cylinder, which is so arranged inside as
to present large heating surface, one
obtains a continuous stream of boiling
water. The timed meat is not without
rival in the London market. The va
riety of tin products is amazing. One
firm exhibits as many as two hundred
sorts, the great majority of which are
entirely unknown to the ordinary En-
glish housewife. Some ingenuity, of
course, has been displayed in obtaining
this variety, which embraces such
bizarre preparations as "curried kan
garoo" and roast thrush;" but most of
the tins are such as would commend
themselves to the English palate. The
exhibition was inaugurated by a lunch
con, to which about fifty or sixty gentle
men interested in the food question were
invited. The menu was entirely COM
posed of preserved provisions, and with
the exception of some of the vegetables,
which seemed lacking in flavor, and the
timed beef, which apparently no gra-
vies, however cunningly devised, can
effectually disguise, was remarkable
success. The turtle" was from Jamaica
The other soups were very good; so
were the fish, the corned beef, the fowl
and the peas. As for the fruit, it was
delicious, it even seemed to have i'm
proved in flavor by being potted. The
pineapples could not have been excelled,
the fact being that the fruit is preserved
after it attainS Il degree of ripeness and
luscionsness which would render it unfit
for transportation.