Year: 1898

page_text: We, JOHN DAVIDSON, of 272, Friern Road, East Dulwich, in the County of
London, Clock Maker, and GEORGE DAVIDSON, of Sinclair Terrace, Wick, Caithness,
N.B., Fish Curer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows: —
·This invention relates to preparations of fish in a form that allows of the same
being readily made into soups or food beverages in the same way as meat extracts
are used. The preparation is made up in a compact and conveniently transportable
and merchantable form and can be kept without going bad for lengthened periods
of time.
In carrying out our invention we take cod, haddock, ling and similar fish, and
after removing the scale and bone we cook the flesh in an oven and afterwards dry
it in a current of hot dry air until it is sufficiently desiccated to admit of being
powdered. A suitable temperature of the air for this purpose is about 1500
to 200° F. The fish may be broken up during the drying process to facilitate the
evaporation of the moisture. The mass is then removed from the drying chamber
and pounded or otherwise reduced to a fine powder. For special purposes as for
instance for invalid's foods it may be desirable to remove the oil either wholly or
partially (which may be done at this stage or before the pounding) by any suitable
method, for instance by washing the mass in ether. The ether can by a process of
evaporation be separated from the oil and used again. We next add to the fish
powder oat flour or other starchy food in the proportion of about 4 parts of starchy
food to 6 parts of fish powder. This addition has the effect of giving body to the
soup or beverage and also operates to suspend the fish particles and so prevent a
sediment. The powder will keep for any length of time and can be conveniently
sold in bottles or tins.
GEORGE HARRISON,
35, Therapia Road, Honor Oak, London,
Agent for the. Applicants.
We, JOHN DAVIDSON, of 272, Friern Road, East Dulwich, in the County of
London, Merchant, and GEORGE DAVIDSON. of Sinclair Terrace, Wick, Caithness,
Scotland, Fish Curer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
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page_text: manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement:—
This invention relates to preparations of fish in a powdered form, that will keep
for lengthened periods of time, and that can be very easily and quickly made up
into soups or food beverages in the same way as meat extracts are prepared for
consumption.
In carrying out our invention we take cod, haddock, ling or similar fish, and after
eviscerating and cleaning the same and removing the skin and bone we cook the
flesh in an oven, and afterwards dry it in a current of hot dry air, or. otherwise,
until it is sufficiently desiccated to admit of being powdered. A suitable tempera-
ture of the air for this purpose is about 150° to 200° F. The fish may be broken
up from time to time during the drying process to facilitate the evaporation of the
moisture. The mass is then removed from the drying chamber and pounded,
ground, or otherwise reduced to a fine powder. For special purposes, as for
instance, for invalid's foods, it may be desirable at this stage, or before the powder-
ing, to wholly or partially remove the small proportion of oil present in the fish.
This may be done by any suitable method, for instance by washing the fish in ether
which rapidly abstracts the oil. The ether may, by a process of evaporation, be
separated from the oil and used again so as to economise this substance as much as
possible. We next add to the powder, oat or other flour, or other starchy food in
the proportion of about four (4) parts of starchy food to six (6) parts of fish powder.
This addition is for the purpose of giving body to the soup or beverage made from the
powder and for causing the fish particles to remain in suspension instead of forming
a sediment. In some instances a flavouring is added to suit particular tastes, (a
citric acid or lemon flavouring being very suitable), or a substance may be added
to preserve the preparation. The powder will keep without going bad for
practically any length of time and can be conveniently sold in bottles or tins, or in
any other conveniently transportable and merchantable form.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:
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1. A food preparation consisting of desiccated and powdered fish incorporated
with flour or other starchy food, and with or without a flavouring, or preservative,
substantially as described.
2. The fish food preparation claimed in the preceding claiming clause, from which
the oil has been wholly or partially extracted, substantially as described.
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GEORGE HARRISON,
35, Therapia Road, Honor Oak, London,
Agent for the Applicants.