Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1897-09-18
FOOD IN TABLET FORM.
AL MEATS AND VEGETABLES CON-
psNSeo INTO SMALLEST SPACE.


the chemist who condenses the nutri-
ment from meats and vegetables INTO
the smallest space. Said one of these
men the other day. speaking Of the
heavy weights Of food prospectors are
taking with them.
why. man. IN an ordinary vahse
can put enough food 10 last a healthy
man a wear and give him a menu Just /
as varied as he could find IN first /
class hotel. he can easily take another |
one of those valises. and when lie |
reaches Dawson City he can sell II for
$1,000. That's what year supply
Of good food l. worth there. III he
wants TO load himself down with
good sized burden he can take four or
i've supplies. and he will be COM
paratively rich man the moment he
reaches his destination.
Two wears ago "A commission. APP
pointed by she Secretary of War and
composed of experienced army officers,
made thorough Investigations, and In
their subsequent reports it was shown
that il would be possible for a large
army 10 move a distance from Its base
OF supplies without the usual attendant
wagon train aud beef lin the hoof by
supplying each soldier with packet
Of condensed foods. Is, 1t was, how
ever. reported. that, while foods OF TINS
kind could safely be used IN event OF
emergency. II was not advisable 20 fur
nish them when fresh foods were OBJ
tainable
In the Chino-Japanese war the
/ soldiers Of the Nikaio executed several
/ long marches with unusual despatch
/ bv the use Of condensed foods. Zach
soldier. in addition 70 a cartridge belt.
carried what was called dinner belt.
This was filed with a large assort-
ment Of capsules. pills, buttons and
small packages. none OF them larger
than a medium sized pocketbook. The
dinner belt weighed but ten pounds.
but il contained enough nutrlment to
sustain the soldier FOX thirty days.
The present scheme Is TO furnish
Klondike vovagers with an assort-
ment Of condensed foods somewhat
similar 70 that carried 10y the Japanese,
but adapted 10 the peculiar needs OF
the men IN the diggings-
Anything In the eating line can
now be put up In compressed form y
good cup of coffee or tea Is crowded
/, into mass as thin aud as small as a
medium sized button. II Is already
sweetened with a saccharine product
OF coal tar which is two hundred times
I. sweeter than sugar, and accordingly
! requires but a very small amount
One Of these buttons dropped into
= cup Of hot water becomes immediatel.
' -. ..F rry,1 ..,+f.aa
"All kinds OF soups are prepared Il
the same wav. The buttons contain
a mixture OF meat and vegetables
fully seasoned and ready for the ho
n water. 4 sausagelike affair, not a
j. large as frankfurter, and made q
: pea meal, fat and bacon, makes twelv
Il plates Of nutritious soup.
e zone Of the essentials for klondik
E, will be desiccated beef, an ounce {
o which is equivalent 70 five ounces {
:, fresh meat II l. put up in hard hit
chunks-so hard that an ordinary KIM
? makes little headway against IT.
81 tiny machine like coffee mill grin'
<. il into fine shavings, which can
le spread on bread or used for soup ma
II ing.
"A loaf of bread is compressed int
tn a mass not much bigger than 500
ar cracker. When soaked IN water
% swells up like a sponge, and wh'
ok dried ont makes very fair eating.
~ loaf Of the same size is composed OF
y preparation Of -four, beef. fat and sa
iat and contains AL the essentials of
nk plain but hearty meal This Is som
what similar 70 the pemmican rati
ny used in the British army. Ten poun
rs Of onions, carrots, potatoes, tarnlI
ne cabbage or any other vegetable are,
IA the condensing process, crowded II
ally one-pound cans, and for soup maxi
his purposes are said TO be excellent.
TO The man who counts upon beini
millionaire through his scheme dc
not expect 10 do anything this seas'
as the time for leaving for klond
YES is practically over. He expects, ID
er- ever. TO be in shape TO launch his y
,ci- ject early next spring, when the 4
In steamer sails and when the food 3
let ply in the mining district Is practic'
ust exhausted. New York Herald.
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