A NEW AND IMPROVED COMPOUND FOR THE PREPARATION OF SOUP
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Sydney Pitt, of Sutton, in the County of Surrey, for an
Invention of "A NEW AND IMPROVED COMPOUND FOR THE PREPARATION
OF SOUP." A communication from abroad by John F. Tyrrell, of New
York City, New York, one of the United States of America.
1
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Sydney Pitt at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents on the 10th February 1881.
"A NEW AND IMPROVED
SYDNEY PITT, of Sutton, in the County of Surrey.
COMPOUND FOR THE PREPARATION OF SOUP." [A communication from abroad by
John F. Tyrrell, of New York City, New York, one of the United States of
America.]
The object of this Invention is to provide a mixed compound of the solid portions
of soup properly proportioned, so that by the addition of water or equivalent
material in proper proportion and boiling a good soup shall be produced, the
solid ingredients being put up in suitable tight packages for transportation and
storage.
In the manufacture or making of soup very many different ingredients are mixed
together in various proportions and boiled with water or other liquid, requiring
considerable skill to make the proportions correct and the supply of a great many
different ingredients at great inconvenience and annoyance.
Soups are sometimes prepared, mixed, and packed in cans ready to boil and use;
such packages are heavy and occupy a large space, making them expensive to
transport and store.
The improved compound for the preparation of soup consists of the several
ingredients, which are solid or nearly so; these are reduced to a dry state by
evaporation of the moisture in them, and are then reduced to granules or powder
and mixed with one another in such proportion as may be desired, and the thus
prepared compound is packed in tight cans or vessels ready for the market.
In the preparation of this compound the various ingredients are first prepared
separately ready to be mixed together to form the soup compound.
For this I take beans, peas, carrots, ochre, tomatoes, or other vegetables,
and dry them quite thoroughly, and then grind or pulverize them, keeping each
kind separate.

page_text: I also take meat, meat extracts, or essence of meat, dry it, and reduce it to a
pulverized condition. The meat may be that of an animal, fish, or fowl, and may
be prepared by drying the meat and pulverizing the dried meat, or the extract or
essence prepared in any well known way may be dried and pulverized.
Vermicelli and maccaroni or similar articles may be added to the compound in 5
either a powdered state or as made by the manufacturer.
The several ingredients having been properly dried and pulverized are mixed
together, and dry and pulverized seasoning or spices mixed with it in proper
proportion to form a compound for the preparation of soup, which compound
when mixed with a proper amount of water and boiled for a short time will 1
produce a complete and well seasoned soup without the addition of any other
ingredient.
The compound may if preferred be put up in packages.
It is preferred to mix the several ingredients prepared as above described in
accordance with the following formula :-
66-100ths ounces
66-100ths
"
66-100ths "
66-100ths
potatoes.
turnips.
carrots.
parsnips.
meat.
salt.
onion.
pepper.
1
"
1-50
100
"
75-100ths
"
"
18-100ths
9-100ths "
The compound prepared in accordance with the above formula and mixed with
three quarts of water and boiled for about fifteen minutes will give a good palatable 2
and agreeable soup.
The proportion and ingredients may be varied without departing from the nature
of this Invention.
The compound thus made and packed may be kept for a long time, is always
ready for use, and by the addition of water and a few minutes boiling produces a 3
soup containing the many ingredients in their correct proportion, according to
which the package was prepared, and this from one package.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Sydney Pitt in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 5th August
1881.
SYDNEY PITT, of Sutton, in the County of Surrey. "A NEW AND IMPROVED
COMPOUND FOR THE PREPARATION OF SOUP." A communication from abroad by
John F. Tyrrell, of New York City, New York, one of the United States of
America.
The object of this Invention is to provide a mixed compound of the solid portions
of soup, properly proportioned, so that by the addition of water or equivalent
material proper proportion and boiling a good soup shall be produced, the solid
ingredients being put up in suitable. tight packages for transportation and
storage.
In the manufacture or making of soup very many different ingredients are
mixed together in various proportions and boiled with water or other liquid,
requiring considerable skill to make the proportions correct and the supply of a
great many different ingredients at great inconvenience and annoyance.
Soups are sometimes prepared, mixed, and packed in cases ready to boil and use;
such packages are heavy and occupy a large space, making them expensive to
transport and store.
The improved compound for the preparation of soup consists of the several
ingredients, which are solid or nearly so; these are reduced to a dry state by
evaporation of the moisture in them, and are then reduced to granules or powder,
and mixed with one another in such proportion as may be desired, and the thus
prepared compound is packed in tight cans or vessels ready for the market.
In the preparation of this compound the various ingredients are first prepared
separately ready to be mixed together to form the soup compound.
For this I take beans, peas, carrots, ochre, tomatoes, or other vegetables, and dry
them quite thoroughly, and then grind or pulverize them, keeping each kind
separate.
I also take meat, meat extracts, or essence of meat, dry it, and reduce it to a
pulverized condition. The meat may be that of an animal, fish, or fowl, and may
be prepared by drying the meat and pulverizing the dried meat, or the extract or
essence prepared in any well known way may be dried and pulverized.
Vermacelli and maccaroni or similar articles may be added to the compound in
either a powdered state or as made by the manufacturer.
The several ingredients having been properly dried and pulverized are mixed
together, and dry and pulverized seasoning or spices mixed with it in proper
proportion to form a compound for the preparation of soup, which compound when
mixed with a proper amount of water and boiled for a short time will produce a
complete and well seasoned soup without the addition of any other ingredient.
The compound may if preferred be put up in packages.
It is preferred to mix the several ingredients prepared as above described in
accordance with the following formula:
66-100ths ounces
66-100ths
66-100ths
66-100ths
"
"
»
-
potatoes.
-
turnips.
carrots.
-
parsnips.

page_text: three quarts of water and boiled for about fifteen minutes will give a good palatable
and agreeable soup.
The proportion and ingredients may be varied without departing from the
nature of this Invention.
The compound thus made and packed may be kept for a long time, is always
'ready for use, and by the addition of water and a few minutes boiling produces a
soup containing the many ingredients in their correct proportion, according to
which the package was prepared, and this from one package.
What I claim as new is,
First. The new article of manufacture, a compound for the preparation of soup,
composed of dried and granulated meat, dried and granulated vegetables, and dry
and granulated seasoning, in the proportion substantially as specified.
Second. The new article of manufacture consisting of the above described
compound put up in tight vessels or cans, substantially as specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said Sydney Pitt, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Twenty ninth day of July, in the year of our Lord One
thousand cight hundred and eighty-one.