Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1900-03-09
SHARKS NOW A FOOD
BUT NOT MANY WILL CARE TO EAT
Them.
Whale Meat Is Also on the Market
and Much Other Material Is Now
Put to Use Which Formerly Went
to Waste.

and Much Other Material is Now
Put to Use Which Formerly Went
to Waste.
The notion Of making meat extracts"
on commercial scale from the flesh OF
sharks and whales is 50 extremely
novel that exceptional interest at
tnches to a study which the United
States Fish Commission has been max
ing of this subject. Several factories
have recently been established in Eu-
rope for this purpose and already their
products are coming on the market in
an appetlzing shape. Indeed, it is as.
serted that in taste they closely resem-
BILE the well-known beef preparations,
have no flavor of fish whatever and
they afford an excellent basis foc soups.
In Aberdeen the Normal Company Isl
utilizing in this way large quantities
of whale meat which hitherto has gone
to waste.
In Sweden they are making nutri-
tious extracts from sharks flesh. which
is chopped up into very small pieces
and stirred in vat with distilled wa
ter. the mixture having the consistency
of thin Cruel From it the liquor isl
drawn off, and the oil which the latter
contains is removed by passing il
through centrifugal apparatus. after
which il is boiled and filtered. tie clear
fluid thus obtained being evaporated in
vacuum until il reaches the consist
cncy of mOlasseS Salt for hIvorng
and sugar for preserving are added.
the product being put up finally in
sealed Jars.
Similar methods arc employed in the
manufacture of whalemeat extracts,
which are said to he Observation-Disclosures
from those of Liebig OF course n
whale is as much Il mammal as IN OK,
which may he supposed to modify the
problem. but there does not seem TO be
any great difference between flesh and
fish in respect to chemical conn OSitlon
and the concentrated essence OF shark
packed In porcelain pots IS to al in
tents and purposes mcatStuff 1t has
all the aromtic flavor of meat extract
and can he made much more chraply.
A certain point i'm the process Of eX-
traction all fishy flavor di"aHpears
Shark extract is available for MI pur-
poses that beef extract is good for and
Il will keep" indefinitely.
II has been asrertained that valuable
extracts can hc obtained also from
crabs and shrl'tish in the manufacture
of which special effort is made not to
get rid of the natural favorS. hut to
retain them. Already there are on the
market Of this country quite number
of such preparations from clans and
oysters. highly recommended nv Nhysi-
clans for their medicinal and r'stora-
tive powers. which render them inv alu
able for invalids and convalcscc1ts.
These extracts are produced Ivy rcduc-
ing the mollusks To n fine hash and
sub iecting the latter tc pressure. the
liquid thus separated being evanorated
to Scmisolid rich in nutrimcnt. cas-
lily digpstcd. and n valuable tonic for
weak stomach.
Tho iuirc Of oyetcrS and rlamS which
in the "shucking houses" Is usually
dra med off and thrown away. * ri, up
in similar fashion, after being c0nccn-
tratod bv evaporation. Sometimes IT
is reduced TO solid form and pressed
into cakes n two ounce tablet contain
inc the nutritivc ingredients Of four
quarts of fresh oyster Juice. Such n
tablet. with the addition of four quarts
OF boiling wafer. is guaranteed TO Yield
= gallon Of real oyster soup. to which.
If desired. few of the natural mol
cd for vcrssmilitudo.
Extracts in largo quantities. arc made
from Solft clans nj several points on
he Massachusetts cOnSt. the SUrnluS
liquor from slu king houses furliSning
1hc raw material. One use to 'V"ich
these prcpnrHtons are mt is IN the
making of Instantaneous hot clam
ro'hs by dispensers Of incorporate
drin'5S.
other brands Of clam extracts n" oh
taincd from Ground" or hard clHms.
which arc nrruHrcl as a by pro-, I in
Cdentallv to tie cannin" of these mol
ilsl>s The latter are opened with n
nifo ana the "mratS" ave mivoj with
'hc disks Of white uctatocS onions and
other Vegetables. 10 make chowGcr 'ho
product being put up in caus. 'ican-
while thc waste liquor. condensed by
evaporation. is poured into @lass lars
which are hermcticallY sealed, and in
this shane If comes Ia market. y 'ahle-