IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PREPARATION OF FARINACEOUS COMPOUNDS FOR MAKING SOUP
Year: 1871

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Robert Stewart Craig, of South Terrace, Rich-
mond, in the County of Surrey, Manufacturer, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PREPARATION OF FARINACEOUS COMPOUNDS FOR
MAKING SOUP."
Sealed the 19th January 1872, and dated the 25th July 1871.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Robert Stewart Craig
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 25th July 1871.
I, ROBERT STEWART CRAIG, of South Terrace, Richmond, in the
County of Surrey, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PREPARATION OF FARINACEOUS
COMPOUNDS FOR MAKING SOUP," to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to a solid compound of pea, bean, or maize
meal or other farinaceous substances and other materials herein-after
named for making soup, and its object is the combination of the
farinaceous substance with grease or fat which will not oxidise or turn

page_text: rancid, so that the compound after being kept for any required length
of time will produce perfectly palateable and wholesome soup.
The said Invention consists in the combination of pea flour or other
farinaceous substance with the material known as inoxidisable fat,
cooking butter, beurre de Paris, or suif de bouche, which is prepared
by the "De Lapeyrouse" or the "Craig" processes. It also consists in
a novel method of packing the said compound for the market.
For this purpose I take a suitable quantity of pea or other meal, and
heat the same without the admixture of water or other liquid in
a pan or other suitable vessel. To this heated meal I add the aforesaid
inoxidisable fat also heated, and in proportions varying according to the
precise quality of the article required. For ordinary purposes I usc
about twenty-five pounds of the fat to every one hundred pounds of the
meal, but this proportion may be diminished or increased according to
the desired richness of the soup, or the nature or quality of the farina-
ceous substance used. To this compound I may add any required
condiments or seasoning. I then while the compound is still heated
thoroughly knead and mix the ingredients together, and the prepared
compound may then be allowed to cool, and may be used by mixing
it with water and boiling it in the ordinary manner of preparing soup.
But I prefer that the compound should be further prepared for the
market as follows, that is to say :-
The compound still in a heated condition after being well kneaded
so that its particles bind or adhere firmly together, is placed in bands or
frames which may be round rings, or of a square, oblong, or other form,
and made of metal, wood, or other suitable material, such rings or
frames being made to hold one or several pounds or any other convenient
quantity. The said compound is condensed or concreted in the said
rings or frames by pressure applied either by hand or machinery; it
is then allowed to cool in the ring or band, and in this condition is
ready for the market. The compound thus held in the aforesaid rings,
frames, or bands, may be conveniently packed for carriage or transport,
and will be found very advantageous in all cases where it is necessary
to have stores of nutritious [food in a condensed and easily portable
condition.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Robert Stewart Craig in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 24th January 1872.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ROBERT
STEWART CRAIG, of South Terrace, Richmond, in the County of Surrey,
Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fifth day of July, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-one, in the thirty-
fifth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Robert Stewart Craig, Her special
licence that I, the said Robert Stewart Craig, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Robert Stewart
Craig, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time
agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make,
use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE PREPARATION OF FARINACEOUS COMPOUNDS FOR MAKING
Sour," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Robert
Stewart Craig, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in
writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should
particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention,
and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the
same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar
months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Robert Stewart Craig, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement, reference being had to the accompanying
Drawing, forming a part of this Specification.
My Invention relates to a solid compound of pea, bean, or maize meal
or similar farinaceous substances and other materials hercin-after named,
and its object is to make by the combination of the farinaceous substance
with a grease or fat that will not oxidise or turn rancid, a compound
which after being kept for any required length of time will produco
perfectly palateable and wholesome soup.

page_text: The said Invention consists in the combination of pea flour or other
farinaceous substance with the material known as inoxidisible fat,
cooking beutter, beurre de Paris, or suif de bouche, which is prepared
by the "De Lapeyrouse or the "Craig" processes. It also consists in
a novel method of packing the said compound for the market, as herein-
after set forth.
"
For this purpose I take a suitable quantity of pea or other meal and
heat the same without the admixture of water or other liquid in a pan
or other suitable vessel. To this heated meal I add the aforesaid
inoxidisible fat, also heated, and in proportions varying according to
the precise quality of the article required. For ordinary purposes I use
about twenty-five pounds of the fat to every one hundred pounds of
the meal, but this quantity may be diminished or increased according
to the desired richness of the soup, or the nature or quality of the farina-
ceous substance. To this compound I may add any required condiment
or seasoning. While the compound is still heated I thoroughly knead
and mix the ingredients together, and the prepared compound may
then be allowed to cool, and may be used at once, by mixing it with
water and boiling it in the ordinary manner of preparing soup. But
to prepare the said compound for the market, for the army or navy,
or for other uses which will necessitate its being made up in a convenient
and compact form, I secure it in rings, bands, or frames, which may be
round, square, oblong, or of any other form, and are made of metal,
wood, or other suitable material, such rings or frames being made to
hold one or several pounds or any other convenient quantity. The
said compound still in a heated condition, and after it has been well
kneaded is condensed or concreted in the said rings or frames by
pressure applied either by hand or machinery to make its particles
bind or adhere firmly together; it is then allowed to cool in the rings
or bands, and in this condition is ready for the market. The compound
thus held in the aforesaid rings, frames, or bands may be conveniently
packed for carriage or transport, and will be found very advantageous
in all cases where it is necessary to have stores of nutritious food in a
condensed and easily portable condition.
In the accompanying Drawing Figure 1 is a perspective view of one
of the aforesaid metal rings or bands containing the condensed soup
in the form in which I prepare the same for the market.

page_text: Figure 2 is a sectional view illustrating the manner of filling the said
rings or frames.
The cylinder A is placed upon the table or plate B, and the ring C
is placed inside the said cylinder at the bottom of the same, as shown.
A sufficient quantity of the compound is then placed in the said cylinder
and is compressed or forced into the ring C with a rammer operated
either by hand or by machinery. Then the cylinder A is raised from
the ring leaving the latter full of the compressed soup. Any surplus
portions of the compound are then removed, so that the contents of
The ring
the ring will be perfectly flat and smooth on both sides.
may then be labelled or otherwise prepared for the market, or for
storcage or transport.
Having thus fully described my said Invention, and the manner in
which the same is to be performed, I wish it understood that I claim,―
First. The combination of pea flour or other farinaceous substance
with the inoxidisible fat as herein set forth.
Second. Packing the said compound in rings, bands, or frames, as
herein set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Robert Stewart Craig, have hereunto
set my band and seal, this Twenty-fourth day of January, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.
Witness,
EDWARD C. JACKSON.
ROBERT S. CRAIG. (L.S.)