IMPROVED NUTRITIOUS COMPOUNDS
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Robert Lake, of the Firm of Haseltine,
Lake, & Co., Patent Agents, Southampton Buildings, London,
for the Invention of "IMPROVED NUTRITIOUS COMPOUNDS."-A com-
munication from abroad by John Richards Weed, of the City and
State of New York, United States of America.
Scaled the 17th January 1872, and dated the 9th August 1872.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION filed by the said William Robert Lake.
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition and
Declaration, on the 9th August 1872, pursuant to the 9th Section
of the Patent Law Amendment Act, 1852.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
ROBERT LAKE, of the Firm of Haseltine, Lake, & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, London, send greeting.
WHEREAS I am in possession of an Invention for "IMPROVED NUTRITIOUS
COMPOUNDS," and have petitioned Her Majesty to grant unto me, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, Her Royal Letters Patent for the
same, and have made solemn Declaration that it has been communicated
to me from abroad by John Richards Weed, of the City and State of
New York, United States of America.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Robert Lake, do hereby
declare that the following Complete Specification, under my hand and
seal, fully describes and ascertains the nature of the said Invention, and
in what manner the same is to be performed in and by the following
statement
This Invention relates to compounds of flesh and vegetables prepared
by first evaporating therefrom the moisture, the ingredients being
mixed together in suitable proportion as herein-after described, with or
without herbs, spices, or other condiments, in such a manner that a
mixture is produced which will keep for a long time, and can be prepared
for food in a short time and with very little labor.
In practising the said Invention I take beef or other meat or fish,
and expose the same to an evaporating process, and I also take potatoes,
carrots, onions, tomatoes, parsley, celery, okra, string beans, peas, or
other vegetables, and subject them to an evaporating process, and
after having reduced the several ingredients to a powder or granulated
state I mix them together in about the following proportion :-Beef, 5
ounces; potatoes, 2 ounces; carrots, 1 ounce; onions, 1 ounce; tomatoes,
1. ounce; parsley, ½ ounce; celery, ½ ounce; string beans, ½ ounce;
okra, ½ ounce. After having the ingredients thoroughly mixed I put
up the compound in packages of suitable size for the market. These
packages are by preference enveloped in paper, skins, or foil to
protect the contents thereof against the atmosphere and moisture.
In preparing the compound any kind of meat or fish may be sub-
stituted for beef, and the vegetables to be mixed with the flesh and
potatoes may be changed to suit any taste, and as may be most convenient.
It is obvious that herbs, spices, or other condiments may be added if
desired. A compound of evaporated fish and evaporated potatoes, for
instance, may be prepared according to this Invention, and from this
compound fish balls or other articles may be produced in a short time
and with little labor. A compound of evaporated beef or fowl with
potatoes and some vegetables may be used with advantage for soups,
stews, hash, or for any other desirable preparation.
The meats and vegetables which I use by preference in producing
these compounds are deprived of their moisture by placing them on
platforms where they are exposed to currents of hot or cold air passing
through, over, and around the same, a process which is well known as
the "evaporating process." By using such evaporated meats and

page_text: vegetables a compound or compounds may be produced which will keep
for a long time, and which will contain a large per-centage of nutritious
matter in a comparatively small bulk. The said compound or compounds
will therefore be of very great advantage for soldiers, seamen, or others
who have to provide food and keep the same on hand.
In order to give a clear understanding of the great value of this
compound, I will add a few more receipts. At the same time it will
be readily seen that these receipts can be changed in a great variety of
ways, and I do not want to be confined either to the exact ingredients
or to the exact proportions herein given.
Vegetable Soup.-Meat, 256 parts; potatoes, 128 parts; onions, 64
parts; tomatoes, 6 parts; carrots, 32 parts; turnips, 10 parts; peas,
32 parts; cabbage, 16 parts; barley, 64 parts; rice, 64 parts; okra, 5
parts; celery, 4 parts; parsley, 4 parts; thyme or other sweet herbs,
4 parts; pepper 2 parts, with or without other condiments.
Pea Soup. Meat, 12 parts; peas or beans, 16 parts; onions, 1 part;
thyme or other condiments, 1 part; potatoes, 16 parts.
Lentil and Rice Soup.-Rice, 8 parts; lentils, 6 parts; meat, 12 parts;
potatoes, 8 parts; condiments to suit.
Turtle Soup. Turtle, 8 parts; potatoes, 4 parts; sweet herbs, onions,
eggs, sago, sugar, cloves, mace, and condiments to suit.
Fish and Vegetables.-Fish, 5 parts; potatoes, 5 parts; eggs to suit ;
condiments to suit.
Fish Chowder-Fish or shell fish, 14 parts; potatoes, 10 parts; onions,
5 parts; tomatoes, 5 parts; bread or biscuits, 8 parts; salt pork, 2
parts; condiments to suit.
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Chicken Soup.-Chicken, 16 parts; barley, 4 parts; rice, 4 parts;
parsley, 1 part; thyme, ½ part; condiments to suit.
Hash. Meat, 16 parts; potatoes, 16 parts; onions, 8 parts; parsley,
1 part; turnips, 4 párts; condiments to suit.
Having thus fully described the said Invention and the manner of
performing the same as communicated to me by my foreign corre-
spondent, I wish it understood that I claim,―
First. A compound made of evaporated meat or fish, and evaporated
vegetables mixed together substantially in the manner and about in
the proportion herein set forth.

page_text: Second. A compound made of evaporated meat or fish and evaporated
potatoes mixed together, substantially in the manner and about in the
proportion herein described.
Third. A compound, the base of which consists of evaporated meat
or fish, mixed with one or more of the evaporated vegetables above 5
enumerated, or with any equivalent substance, substantially as set
fortli.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Robert Lake, have here-
unto set my hand and seal, this Ninth day of August, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two.
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Witness,
CHAS. J. Goocn.
W. ROB. LAKE, (L.S.)