IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE OF CONVERTING GRAIN AND PULSE INTO HUMAN FOOD
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Carl Kesseler, of 63, Mohrenstrasse, Berlin, W., in the
Empire of Germany, Civil Engineer and Patent Solicitor, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE OF CONVERTING GRAIN AND PULSE INTO HUMAN
FOOD." A communication from Adolph Schlieper, of Veytaux, in the Republic
of Switzerland
Sealed the 28th January 1879, and dated the 6th August 1878.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Carl Kesseler at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 6th August 1878.
CARL KESSELER, of 63, Mohrenstrasse, Berlin, W., in the Empire of Germany, Civil
Engineer and Patent Solicitor. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE OF CONVERTING
GRAIN AND PULSE INTO HUMAN FOOD." A communication from Adolph Schlieper,
of Veytaux, in the Republic of Switzerland.
The improvements consist in treating grain and pulse in certain proportions, or
near thereto, with salt, soda, and phosphoric lime, or their chemical equivalents, in
certain proportions or near thereto, and in forming said mixture into a paste, and
baking and grinding same.
The improvements are to be performed by mixing 123 kilogrammes wheaten
meal (which may be mixed in part with buckwheat or rye meal), 12 kg*. lentil
meal, 6 kg. oatmeal, 1 kg. common salt, 0·160 kg. soda, 0.240 kg. phosphoric
lime, in all 142 400 kg. weight. These ingredients are to be formed into a paste,
rolled on a board, and divided into suitable pieces; the pieces are to be baked and
roasted under high temperature like biscuits, whereby the greatest part of the
strength is transformed into a soluble substance, and becomes very light and easy
for digestion.
The cakes or biscuits are to be broken and ground into a fine flour, the finer
the better; the flower thus obtained should weigh 125 to 128 kilogrammes, and is
to be throughly mixed with 12 kilogrammes of roasted indian corn meal, when the
food is complete, and can be used in any desired way and as required.

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SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Carl Kesseler in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 1st February
1879.
CARL KESSELER, of 63, Mohrenstrasse, Berlin, W., in the Empire of Germany,
Civil Engineer and Patent Solicitor. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MODE OF CONVERTING
GRAIN AND PULSE INTO HUMAN FOOD." A communication from Adolph Schlieper,
of Veytaux, in the Republic of Switzerland.
The improvements consist in treating grain and pulse in certain herein-after
described proportions, or near thereto, with salt, soda, and phosphoric lime, or
their chemical equivalents, in certain proportions, or near thereto, and in forming
said mixture into a paste, and baking and grinding same.
The Invention is performed by taking 123 kilogrammes of wheaten meal, which
may be partly replaced by buckwheat or rye, 12 k. of lentil meal, 6 ks. of oat-
meal, 1 ks, of common salt, 0·160 ks, of soda, and 0.240 ks. of phosphate of lime,
in all 142 k. weight. These ingredients are to be made into a paste of the con-
sistance of bread paste, rolled flat and cut into suitable pieces. The pieces are to
be baked and roasted at a high temperature like biscuits, whereby the greatest part
of the amylum is transformed into soluble dextrine, and becomes very light for
digestion, otherwise the amylum in the ingredients would be difficult to digest.
The cakes or biscuits are then to be broken and ground into a fine flour, the
finer the better, as the finer it is the easier it can be cooked. The flour thus
obtained should weigh from 125 to 128 kilogrammes, and is to be thoroughly mixed
with 12 kilogrammes of roasted indian corn meal, when the food is complete, and
can be used in any convenient way.
The properties of this strengthening meal are based on the choice of its ingre-
dients and the mode of preparation. The wheaten meal used contains much gluten,
a nitrogenous substance; the lentils are valuble for their phosphates and proteine
substances, the indian corn is very rich in fat, while the oats impart to the whole
a mild taste, and the addition of mineral salt increases the quantity of it naturally
possessed by the various substances forming the product to the proportion which
is most suitable to the body.
The "zea," as this new product is called, is therefore composed as follows:-
Hydrates of carbon (amylum, dextrine), 59-20 parts; glucose, 5·91 parts; fat, 1·92 p.;
nitrogenous matter, 15·48 p.; cellulose, 1.75 p.; salts, 3.42 p.; and water, 12-32
parts (in a total quantity of 100 parts).
The daily nourishment for a full-grown man consists of proteine matter, 124
grammes; hydrates of carbon, 4.30 grammes; and fat, 55 grammes-in all 609
grammes weight, besides the necessary quantity of mineral salt. The addition
of 30 to 40 grammes of fat (butter) to 500 grammes of "zea" would form a food
which corresponds to the requirements of the body.
To use the "zea as a soup, take a tablespoon full of the meal and make it into
a thin paste in a plate full of water, let it boil, and keep it boiling for about seven
minutes. This soup it very agreeable to the palate.

page_text: by making cakes out of a paste prepared with said mixture, roasting such cakes,
grinding them, and adding thereto roasted indian corn meal in order to increase
the quantity of fat.
All for the purposes and in the manner herein set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Carl Kesseler, have hereunto set my hand and
seal, this First day of February, A.D. 1879.
CADI
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