The modern process for the preservation of all alimentary substances. By which they retain their native purity and essential qualities, in any climate and for several years, and by means of which may be served, at a few minutes notice, a complete and exquisite dinner / by Henderson William Brand.

  • Brand, Henderson William.
Date:
1838
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: The modern process for the preservation of all alimentary substances. By which they retain their native purity and essential qualities, in any climate and for several years, and by means of which may be served, at a few minutes notice, a complete and exquisite dinner / by Henderson William Brand. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ie) CORKS. OF BOTTLES. For the present purpose, the best possible form of the necks of bottles is that of an in- verted cone, like that of champagne or truffle bottles. ‘They are the best in whatever way they may be considered, and are easily corked. They should be made of tough material, of equal substance. The weight should be twenty- five to twenty-six ounces to the quart. If they are not of equal thickness throughout, they break in boiling, The champagne or truffle form is readily packed, and offers the greatest resistance. CORKS. Cheap corks are a most improvident economy. This is obvious, if we consider that in the event of a cork being bad, we have saved a small fraction of a farthing, and thrown away, perhaps, the contents of a bottle worth shillings. Baz